ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has categorically rejected the unsubstantiatedaccusations broadcast by India Today that linked Islamabad to the tragicexplosion at Nowgam Police Station in Srinagar late Friday night, whichclaimed nine lives and injured more than thirty others.
According to Jammu and Kashmir Director General of Police Nalin Prabhat,the explosion occurred when forensic teams were extracting samples fromapproximately 350 kilograms of ammonium nitrate and other explosives seizedearlier in connection with a Faridabad terror module case.
The seized material had been improperly stored inside the police stationitself, a decision that reflects staggering negligence on the part of theoccupying forces. The intensity of the blast flattened parts of thebuilding, scattered body parts across nearby residential areas and leftseveral victims unrecognisable.
Yet within hours of the incident, India Today began airing segments withheadlines such as “Pakistan’s Hand?” and invited retired generals tospeculate about involvement of “Pakistan-based handlers” and “FieldMarshal-level planning from across the border”. One India Today anchoropenly suggested the accidental blast narrative was a “cover-up” and thatthe explosion was actually a “deliberate strike” orchestrated by Pakistaniagencies to disrupt investigations into the recent New Delhi car bombing.
Security analysts in Islamabad view this swift attribution as textbookIndian disinformation strategy. Whenever Indian forces suffer embarrassment— whether through militant attacks, tourist killings in Pahalgam, touristkillings, or, as in this case, their own catastrophic mishandling of highexplosives — New Delhi’s media ecosystem immediately pivots to blamingPakistan. The pattern is predictable and now almost ritualistic:manufacture a Pakistan angle, amplify it across television channels andsocial media, and use the manufactured outrage to justify continuedmilitarisation of Kashmir and further human rights violations against theKashmiri population.
The timing is particularly cynical. The Omar Abdullah-led Jammu and Kashmiradministration is already facing intense criticism for failing to restorestatehood, hold assembly elections for over a decade, and curb risingattacks on civilians and non-local workers. A major accidental explosioncaused by Indian forces’ own incompetence is politically devastating.Blaming Pakistan offers a convenient escape hatch and helps rally domesticnationalist sentiment ahead of anticipated winter unrest in the valley.
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Islamabad has noted that even the People’s Anti-Fascist Front (PAFF), asmall resistance group, briefly claimed the blast before retracting whenevidence of its accidental nature emerged. Indian media, however, continuedto treat the initial claim as gospel while ignoring the subsequent policeclarification that any suggestion of militant involvement is “patentlyfalse and mischievous”.
India has a documented history of staging false-flag operations andpeddling fabricated narratives to malign Pakistan. The 2019 Pulwama attack,the 2019 Balakot misadventure, and countless other incidents have followedthe same script: incident occurs, Pakistan blamed within minutes, evidenceemerges later proving otherwise, yet the original lie continues tocirculate.
Pakistan has urged global media and governments to exercise caution beforeamplifying Indian propaganda. The Srinagar tragedy, the spokespersonemphasised, is entirely an Indian-made disaster born of arrogance andincompetence in the occupied territory. Attempting to drag Pakistan’s nameinto it will neither hide New Delhi’s security failures nor absolve it ofresponsibility for the deaths of its own personnel and civilians.
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