India on Sunday rejected Pakistan's claims linking it to an attack on a military base in Karachi that left four paramilitary personnel dead, while also urging Islamabad to look inwards and take action against terrorists on its own soil.
Reports from Islamabad said Pakistani security forces killed six terrorists and captured another alive after foiling a brazen attack by militants on a Sindh Rangers compound in Karachi on Saturday night.
The attack left four paramilitary personnel dead and marked the city's first major terrorist strike since October 2024.
Certain elements in the Pakistani establishment alleged an Indian link to the attack.
"We have seen Pakistani reports making baseless allegations against India regarding the recent incident in Karachi," External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said.
"We categorically reject them. Instead of pointing fingers at others, Pakistan would do better to look inwards, take credible action against the terror infrastructure on its territory and rid itself of its proclivity to rely on terrorism as an instrument of state policy," he said.
Jaiswal was responding to a media query.
Pakistan's Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi has strongly condemned the attack and alleged, without proof, an Indian link to the strike.
(With inputs from PTI)