Pakistan’s attack on places of worship, coupled with its "preposterous" attempts to place the blame on Indian Armed Forces, is a reflection of Islamabad's malicious agenda and its efforts to deceive and mislead the international community, Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri stated on Friday, amid heightened tensions between the two neighbours.

In a briefing to the media, Misri pointed to Pakistan’s attack on a gurdwara in Amritsar and its subsequent attempt to blame the Indian Armed Forces. He described Islamabad’s notion that India would target its own cities as "a deranged fantasy" — a notion that only the Pakistani state could conceive.