ISLAMABAD, 01 July 2021, (TON): Pakistan rejected an Indian official's claim that Islamabad's involvement in the Indian Air Force base at Jammu airport could not be ruled out.

The Foreign Office, in a statement, categorically rejected the "irresponsible and misleading statement as Indian Home Minister G Kishan Reddy chose not to share any evidence in this regard.”

The statement said "the Indian government has once again leveled serious allegations against Pakistan. This is yet another manifestation of the unsubstantiated propaganda and smear campaign against Pakistan that is characteristic of the Indian government and an obliging Indian media."

The Foreign Office said “this is a familiar Indian ploy to externalise any blame, use baseless allegations against Pakistan as a smokescreen, and seek to undermine the indigenous struggle for self-determination of the Kashmiri people.”

The statement underlined that the latest allegations further confirmed what Pakistan has consistently pointed out that the BJP government stages false flag operations to malign Pakistan with terrorism-related allegations for narrow political gains.

It noted  that the use of the Pakistan card either to win an election or to divert attention from an electoral defeat has also, unfortunately, become standard practice.