"Lame Attempts To Divide India": Centre Rejects Pak's Missile Attack Claim

New Delhi on Saturday said the Pakistani officials were making “lame attempts” to “divide India” by claiming that Indian missiles were being fired at Shri Amritsar Sahib. Addressing a press conference after Pakistan launched multiple attacks again on Friday night, Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri said that Pakistani officials were continuing to make “ludicrous” claims about India firing missiles towards religious sites.

"Pakistani officials continue to make ludicrous claims about India firing missiles towards Shri Amritsar Sahib. As I said, these lame attempts to divide India are doomed to failure," he said.

He also said it was a "totally frivolous allegation" that Indian missiles have hit Afghanistan.

"I only want to point out that Afghan people don't need to be reminded about which country it is, that has on multiple occasions, in just the last one and a half years targeted civilian populations and civilian infrastructure in Afghanistan," he said during the press conference alongside Army Colonel Sofiya Qureshi and Air Force Wing Commander Vyomika Singh.

Mr Misri's remarks came a day after he said that Pakistan's attack on places of worship and its "preposterous" attempts to blame Indian armed forces were reflective of Islamabad's "evil design" and efforts to deceive and mislead the world.

"We have seen the Pakistani side targeting and shelling places of worship with a particular design. This includes gurdwaras, these convents, and temples. This is a new low, even for Pakistan," he had said.

Citing Pakistan's attack on a gurdwara in Amritsar and its subsequent attempt to blame it on Indian armed forces, Mr Misri said Islamabad's thinking that India would attack its own cities is the kind of "deranged fantasy" that only the Pakistani state can come up with.

Tensions between India and Pakistan have soared after a deadly terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir's Pahalgam last month.

After finding cross-border links to the April 22 attack, which left 26 people dead, India this week launched an "Operation Sindoor" and struck terror infrastructure in Pakistan and Pakistan-Occupied-Kashmir.