Pakistan PM blames India for Islamabad suicide attack

Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has blamed India for the suicide blast outside an Islamabad court that killed 12 people. He also alleged New Delhi's role in Monday's attack on a cadet college in Wana, near the border with Afghanistan.

Sharif blamed "Indian-sponsored terrorist proxies" for the twin attacks, according to Associated Press of Pakistan (APP), the Pakistani government's news agency. "These attacks are a continuation of India's state-sponsored terrorism aimed at destabilizing Pakistan," he was quoted by APP as saying on Tuesday.

Pakistan, the nest of terrorism in South Asia, has long been an exporter of terrorism. It harbours terrorists, and when it turns into a Frankenstein's Monster, it turns to blame India for it.

It has been linking the attacks by Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) to the Taliban regime in Kabul, and been calling it "India's puppet". It has even farcically named the TTP Fitna Al Hindustan, to link it to India.

Sharif said while "Indian-backed militants" struck in Islamabad, the same network operating from Afghan territory also attacked innocent children in Wana, according to the APP report. "No condemnation is enough for these attacks being carried out from Afghan soil under Indian patronage," he said.

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