Overview
- MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal dismissed the allegation as baseless and a predictable attempt to deflect attention from Pakistan’s internal constitutional crisis.
- The suicide blast outside Islamabad’s District Judicial Complex on Tuesday killed at least 12 people and injured about 27, according to officials.
- Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi said the attacker failed to enter the court complex and detonated explosives near a police vehicle at the gate.
- Pakistan’s leadership also suggested links to the Afghan Taliban and referenced an earlier, government-claimed foiled assault on a military-run college in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
- The diplomatic exchange comes after the Senate approved a contested 27th Constitutional Amendment that critics say expands military authority by creating a Chief of Defence Forces and shifting constitutional cases to a new Federal Constitutional Court.