One year after the Pahalgam attack killed 26 tourists and sparked the most dangerous conflict between India and Pakistan in decades, Islamabad is marking the anniversary with a direct challenge-where is the evidence? Information Minister Attaullah Tarar took to national television today to indict India's handling of the incident, saying New Delhi blamed Pakistan without proof, rejected calls for an independent investigation, and chose missiles over dialogue
strikes that killed Pakistani civilians and military personnel on sovereign soil. India registered a formal case within minutes of the attack, publicly blamed Islamabad within hours, and launched strikes inside Pakistan within days-all without presenting verifiable evidence, and all while refusing the neutral probe Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif repeatedly offered. Critics including voices within India's own civil society, independent analysts, and international media have raised serious concerns about the incident's timeline,
with an FIR filed within ten minutes despite the distance to the nearest police station-what Tarar called a clear sign of prior preparation. The war that followed saw Pakistan respond with precision that stunned regional observers, and at the centre of that response stood Field Marshal Asim Munir, whose command during Operation Marka-e-Haq delivered what Pakistan calls a decisive victory
seven Indian jets downed including three Rafales, dozens of drones neutralised, and an S-400 system destroyed, before a US-brokered ceasefire ended the conflict on May 10th. That same Munir has since travelled to Tehran carrying messages from Washington as Pakistan mediates the US-Iran crisis
a striking rise in global standing that Tarar contrasted with what he called India's deepening international isolation. Pakistan's message today is clear-no involvement in Pahalgam, evidence of India's destabilising activities already shared with the world, and any future misadventure will be met with an immediate and decisive response.
