ISLAMABAD, 03 July 2021, (TON): The Foreign Office dismissed allegations by India’s External Affairs Ministry regarding a drone being spotted over the Indian High Commission in Islamabad as patently false.

The statement came after the Indian foreign ministry claimed that a drone was sighted over the premises of the Indian High Commission in Islamabad on June 26.

Indian media quoted the Indian Ministry of External Affairs as saying in a statement "this has been taken up officially with Pakistan. We expect Pakistan to investigate the incident and prevent recurrence of such breach of security."

Responding to the claims, FO spokesperson Zahid Hafeez Chaudhri said “we have seen the Indian MEA’s statement and reports in certain sections of the Indian media alleging a drone flying over the premises of the Indian High Commission in Islamabad.”

He said these "preposterous claims were contrary to the facts and no proof whatsoever has been shared with Pakistan to substantiate these allegations.”

Chaudhri pointed out that “this propaganda campaign by India was happening at a time when evidence gathered in the recent Lahore blast was largely pointing to external forces with a history of perpetrating state-sponsored terrorism against Pakistan”.

Pakistan rejects these patently false allegations and diversionary Indian tactics and will continue to stand by the people of [Indian-occupied Kashmir] in their just struggle for the right to self-determination, as enshrined in the UNSC resolutions.