Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi said on Saturday that India was funding terrorists and that a terror network operating from Afghanistan was behind the recent attacks in Islamabad and other parts of the country.
Speaking to the media on Saturday evening, Naqvi said, “I am saying outright that India is funding terrorists.” He said that after the May war, India increased its budget three times, adding that “earlier a terrorist used to get $500, now they are getting $1,500 each”.
Naqvi said the Pakistani nation was in grief, calling the blast day “a sad day for Pakistan,” and added that “there was no house in Pakistan that was not sad.” He offered prayers for the martyrs and expressed solidarity with the affected families.
He praised the performance of law enforcement agencies, particularly CTD Peshawar, saying all suspects were arrested by 3 am. According to Naqvi, four facilitators were arrested from Nowshera and Peshawar, and now the mastermind linked to ISIS is in custody.
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The minister stated that the training and planning of the attack took place in Afghanistan and claimed that 21 terrorist organizations are operating from Afghan territory. He added that the attacker’s travel history made the investigation difficult.
Naqvi said, “TTP, Afghan Taliban or whoever, they are all working together.” He said the entire ISIS network involved has been dismantled. He added that “if one explosion is happening, 99 are being stopped.”
During the raids, an official was martyred and others were injured, he said, calling the swift arrests a “big achievement” for law enforcement.
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The interior minister said that BLA content is produced before incidents and later broadcast on Indian media, claiming coordination in narrative building. He said Pakistan’s diplomats would raise the issue of “Indian terrorism” at international forums.
Naqvi urged citizens to play their role through community intelligence, asking them to inform institutions about suspicious activities.
He concluded by saying, “Today we are facing terrorism from Afghanistan, the world is silent. We are carrying bodies, the world is silent.”