On April 22, 2025, the serene Baisaran Valley near Pahalgam in Jammu and Kashmir was shattered by a heinous terrorist attack that claimed the lives of 26 individuals, predominantly Hindu tourists, and injured over 20 others. The assailants, armed with M4 carbines and AK-47s, reportedly segregated victims based on religious identity, forcing men to undergo humiliating checks before executing them at close range. A Christian tourist was killed for failing to recite the Islamic kalima, while a Hindu man who could recite it was spared. Survivors recounted that the attackers spared a woman, instructing her to relay the horrors to Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
The militant group “Kashmir Resistance,” believed to be a front for the Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba, claimed responsibility for this atrocity. Indian authorities identified three suspects, two of whom are Pakistani nationals. This attack, the deadliest on civilians in the region since the 2008 Mumbai attacks, has reignited tensions between India and Pakistan. In response, India suspended the Indus Waters Treaty, closed its borders with Pakistan, and expelled Pakistani diplomats. Pakistan, denying involvement, retaliated by suspending the Simla Agreement, closing its airspace to Indian flights, and halting trade.
The Indian diaspora in the UK expressed their grief and anger through protests outside the Pakistan High Commission in London. During one such protest, a Pakistani Defence Attaché was filmed making a throat-slitting gesture towards demonstrators — an act eerily reminiscent of the 2017 incident involving a Sri Lankan diplomat in London. This despicable and barbaric gesture, particularly in the aftermath of the Pahalgam massacre, highlights the rot of state-sponsored extremism embedded within Pakistan’s military and diplomatic apparatus.
Scathing Condemnation:
It is an unforgivable outrage that a so-called diplomat can dare to mimic genocidal slaughter in broad daylight, fueled by a system that has never been held accountable.
This grotesque spectacle is possible only because the world shamefully failed to punish Pakistan for its heinous rape, genocide, and massacre of millions in East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) in 1971.
The blood of innocents, from Dhaka to Pahalgam, cries out for justice — but cowardice and appeasement have allowed the cancer of impunity to fester unchecked for decades.
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