Deception and betrayal have long been a part of global politics, but some states adopt them so skillfully that the distinction between truth and lies becomes blurred. Sadly, India’s history is full of such bitter examples. A look at India’s past reveals a clear pattern: whether they need to push a certain agenda, they don’t hesitate to stage events, twist facts, and run massive propaganda campaigns. It’s almost like a habit now – create the drama first, then find ways to justify it later, without ever giving real evidence. So many incidents over the years have felt less like genuine tragedies and more like carefully pre-planned moves to fuel public emotions and target others, especially Pakistan. Pulwama was no different than Pahalgam. It fits right into that same old story – a loud, emotional narrative built overnight, but when you dig deeper, all you find are questions, contradictions, and a truth they mask from the world.
The attack on Pahalgam is the latest drama in India’s ongoing series of plotted propaganda. According to Indian media, the attack on April 22 in the Baisaran valley – a highly visited tourist location near Pahalgam town of Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJ&K), killed nearly 30 people, and injured more than 20 others, most of them were tourists. India, which has consistently blamed Pakistan in the past, is now shamelessly directing the same false accusation toward it, with no solid evidence. What’s even more absurd is that while Indian media confidently broadcast the deaths of a married couple, the same couple later appeared very much alive. If nothing else, Indian media deserves full marks for creativity and zero for credibility.
However, Islamabad assertively rejected these baseless accusations from the very beginning, calling the attack a staged drama orchestrated by New Delhi, just like Pulwama, which was later exposed as a complete hoax. India was humiliated then, and they’re heading for the same shame again – only this time, they have the full backing of the US officeholders of Indian origin, encouraging their dirty games even further. The real motive behind this incident is twofold: to put immense pressure on Pakistan, ruining its ability to take a strong and principled stand on the Gaza genocide, and second, to poison the world’s view of the Kashmiri legitimate freedom struggle by painting it as “state-sponsored terrorism”.
By creating manufactured controversy and unjustly blaming Pakistan, the Indian government took extreme and irrational steps, expelling Pakistani diplomats, shutting down the Attari and Wagah border crossing, and most alarmingly, suspending the Indus Water Treaty (IWT), which is vital for Pakistan’s water security. This is not just an irresponsible act – it is a clear violation of international law. The Indian regime, drunk on power and blinded by hatred, seems either too ignorant or too arrogant to grasp the fact that the IWT is not a mere bilateral understanding but a legally binding international treaty, brokered and guaranteed by the World Bank, which cannot be unilaterally annulled. By stooping to such low levels, India once again exposes its dangerous immaturity on the world stage. For Pakistan, this is yet another case of being scapegoated – another staged attack to inflame public sentiments and divert attention from their own failures and cling to power.
These tactics are far from new. Since 9/11, when India perceived Muslims to be weakened globally, it has repeatedly resorted to theatrics of this nature. Whenever Prime Minister Modi faces domestic criticism or internal pressures, such diversions are manufactured to shift focus. By fueling anti-Muslim and anti-Pakistan narratives, the BJP strategically tries to suppress domestic issues. This toxic strategy not only polarizes Indian society but also puts Indian Muslims at greater risk, making them frequent targets of hostility and violence.
The Pahalgam attack is nothing but another round of propaganda – a pre-planned move to tarnish Pakistan and incite hatred against Muslims. However, Pakistan has strongly condemned the attack because, at the core, we believe that every human life is invaluable, and no innocent life should be lost in such a manner. These kinds of incidents and the toxic reaction that follows, once again, bring to light the truth behind Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah’s vision for a separate homeland based upon the “Two-Nation Theory”. If Pakistan had never come into being, Muslims would have been enduring the same suffering and violence that Indian Muslims face today, particularly after the Pahalgam attack. The pain, hostility, and marginalization they endure under a system built on religious intolerance could have easily been our reality as well. The Pahalgam attack serves as a painful reminder of why Quaid-e-Azam’s vision was so crucial: to shield the rights, dignity, and safety of Muslims from the forces that perpetrate hate and violence.
