{"id":128918,"date":"2026-07-07T10:17:01","date_gmt":"2026-07-07T05:17:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationaltimes.pk\/eng\/?p=128918"},"modified":"2026-07-07T10:17:02","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T05:17:02","slug":"india-charges-alleged-pahalgam-mastermind","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationaltimes.pk\/eng\/2026\/128918\/","title":{"rendered":"India charges alleged Pahalgam \u2018mastermind\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">NEW DELHI(National Times)- India\u2019s National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Monday filed charges against Pakistan\u2019s Hafiz Saeed for allegedly being behind an attack on tourists in India-held Kashmir last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/1905917\/at-least-24-killed-in-occupied-kashmir-gunmen-attack-on-tourists-police-source?__cf_chl_f_tk=.N416Z66lH6fuIz30_1upes5Cqqdbjd_9WtZiXt.mw4-1783393310-1.0.1.1-jj7Du7itQoput08MXTCHEb1wqQafJXI7kF9rTOPPnpA\">Pahalgam incident<\/a>&nbsp;sparked a major military escalation between the countries after New Delhi&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/1909135\">blamed<\/a>&nbsp;Islamabad for the attack, without evidence, and proceeded to unilaterally&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/1906128\">suspend<\/a>&nbsp;the Indus Waters Treaty and launch attacks on Pakistani territory, which were effectively responded to by the armed forces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Saeed was charged with \u201cwaging war against India and hatching a conspiracy from across the border\u201d, according to an NIA statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">India had previously blamed a little-known group known as \u2018The Resistance Front\u2019 for the attack. Now, it has charged Saeed, alleging that the group is a proxy of the proscribed Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) outfit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pakistan has consistently&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/1994381\">denied<\/a>&nbsp;any involvement in the attack and has repeatedly sought evidence from India regarding its claims. Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif even&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/1906694\">offered<\/a>&nbsp;an independent probe into the matter, but New Delhi was not amenable to any of these measures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The JuD chief, who was previously&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/1491325\">tried<\/a>&nbsp;in Pakistan on terror financing charges, was also accused by India of masterminding the Mumbai attacks of 2008.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEW DELHI(National Times)- India\u2019s National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Monday filed charges against Pakistan\u2019s Hafiz Saeed for allegedly being behind an attack on tourists in India-held Kashmir last year. 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