Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Director-General Lt Gen Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry is holding a press conference in Islamabad alongside Director General Public Relations (DGPR) of the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) Air Vice Marshal Aurangzeb Ahmed and Deputy Chief of Naval Staff (Operations) Vice Admiral Raja Rab Nawaz.

Providing details of the way the Indian media blamed Pakistan shortly after the Pahalgam attack on April 22 without any evidence, Lt Gen Chaudhry maintained that India had adopted a similar stance in the past as well.

The DG said that India was “killing innocent people for their political objectives, pinning blame on Pakistan, covering it up by further killing innocent Kashmiris and Muslims and posing them as terrorists”, adding that there was a history to it.

“How did the Indian government jump to the conclusion regarding who the attackers were within 10 minutes of the incident? When you don’t have any evidence, what do you do? You open up the military front.”

He went on to say that India was shifting the blame for the attack on Pakistan to divert attention from its internal problems.

The military spokesperson called out India for launching attacks on Pakistan and targeting civilians, including women and children.