Pakistani paramilitary troopers management a crowd near the positioning of a bomb explosion at a Shiite mosque, in Islamabad, Pakistan, on February 6, 2026.
| Photograph Credit score: AP
India on Friday (February 7, 2026) categorically rejected Pakistan’s allegations of an Indian hyperlink to the bombing at a mosque in Islamabad that killed a minimum of 31 individuals.
The Ministry of Exterior Affairs (MEA), describing the assault as “condemnable”, mentioned it was “unlucky that, as an alternative of severely addressing the issues plaguing its social cloth, Pakistan selected to delude itself by blaming others for its home-grown ills.”
No less than 31 individuals have been killed and 169 others injured when a bomber blew himself up at a Shia mosque throughout Friday prayers in Islamabad. The highly effective explosion occurred at Khadijah al-Kubra mosque-cum-imambargah within the Tarlai space of Islamabad, police mentioned in a press release.
“The bombing at an Islamabad mosque earlier immediately is condemnable and India condoles the lack of life it has precipitated,” the MEA mentioned.
“It’s unlucky that, as an alternative of severely addressing the issues plaguing its social cloth, Pakistan ought to select to delude itself by blaming others for its home-grown ills,” it mentioned.
“India rejects any and each such allegation, which is as baseless as it’s pointless,” it added.
Pakistan Defence Minister Khawaja Asif, with out offering any proof, alleged that India and Afghanistan have been linked to the assault.
In a social media submit, he claimed that it has been proved the terrorist concerned within the assault travelled to and from Afghanistan.
“The collusion between India and Afghanistan is being revealed,” he alleged.
Printed – February 07, 2026 01:57 am IST
