The military on Tuesday presented evidence of India’s state-sponsored cross-border terrorism in Pakistan, especially Balochistan, where he announced the arrest of an Indian-trained Pakistani citizen and the improvement of an Indian drone and improvised explosive unit (IED) from him.

LT-sen Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry, Director-General of Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), rejected India’s baseless accusations after the Pahagam attack and noted that India had not provided a single strips of evidence of supporting its baseless accusations against Pakistan.

DG ISPR said India was actively involved in spreading terrorism in Pakistan, operating and supporting terrorist networks on Pakistani soil.

LT-Sen Chaudhry said India had been found in the operation of terror networks inside Pakistan, where explosives, IEDs and other deadly materials were provided for terrorists to target not only the security forces but also innocent civilians.

DG ISPR said on April 25 an arrest was made near the Jhelum bus level. “A man named Abdul Majeed, who was reportedly trained in India, was taken into custody. The authorities restored an IED, two mobile phones and RS70,000 cash from him,” he added.

Further study led to the recovery of an Indian drone from his house and RS1 million in cash. “The handler was a Junior Commissioner for the Indian Army, Subedar Suk winner,” he said, adding, “The Indian officer had sent IED and instructed the terrorist to collect it from a designated place.”

“A forensic analysis of the recovered materials provided undeniable evidence that could be examined by any credible, independent agency,” he said. “This undeniable evidence is only a small component of the wider pattern of state -sponsored terrorism orchestrated by India,” DG said.

He said India shortly after the Pahagam attack instead of conducting an investigation, instead of conducting an investigation, India had launched propaganda to Malignant Pakistan at international level. “Such tactics were aimed at diverting attention from internal failures and future political developments in India,” he said.

“It’s been seven days since the Pahaldam -attack [in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK)]Still, not a single bunch of evidence has been given to substantiate the baseless claims that are leveled against Pakistan, “Chaudhry said.

Since last week, tensions have escalated between Pakistan and India after the latter baseless accusations against Pakistan after the Pahagam attack that killed 26 tourists. Without presenting any evidence, India had accused Pakistan of the attack shortly after it happened.

The Foreign Ministry of India had announced on Wednesday to hold the Indus Waters Treaty in 1960 in Abeyance and close the Attari-Wagah border transition. Pakistani citizens will no longer be able to travel to India during the SaARC visa exemption.

The Indian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has also announced the revocation of all its Defense Sachés from Islamabad. It has maintained that the number of diplomatic staff would be reduced from 55 to 30 and have asked the military advisers in the Pakistani High Commission in New Delhi to leave the country within a week.

In an appropriate response to the Indian aggression, Pakistan rejected the Indian message to hold the Indus Waters Treaty in Abeyance and closed its airspace to Indian flights. The decision was made in the National Security Committee meeting, chairman of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif in Islamabad.

Participants discussed the national security environment and the regional situation, especially in the wake of the Pahagam attack in the Anantnag district in IIOJK on Tuesday last.

The Committee emphasized that the Indus Waters Treaty was a binding international agreement brokered by the World Bank and contained no provision on one -sided suspension. It said in a statement: “Water is an important national interest in Pakistan, a lifeline of its 240 million people, and its availability will be protected at all costs”.

The statement warned: “Any attempt to stop or divert the flow of water belonging to Pakistan under the Indus Waters Treaty, and the unsurpation of the rights to lower riparian will be considered an act of war and reacted with full force across the complete spectrum of national power”.

(With input from app)