On Sunday, 1 February 2026, India formally rejected Pakistan’s allegations linking New Delhi to a devastating wave of coordinated violence across Balochistan.
Terming the claims as baseless and “frivolous,” Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal stated that Islamabad is once again resorting to deflection to mask its internal security failures.
The diplomatic flare-up follows a weekend of mayhem that left over 190 people dead, including 31 civilians and 17 security personnel, as the Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) executed “Operation Herof 2.0.”
While Pakistan’s Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi directly accused India of orchestrating the assaults, New Delhi has urged its neighbour to address the long-standing political and economic grievances of its own people instead of externalising its domestic crises.
Balochistan Unrest
Balochistan, India’s resource-rich but economically neglected neighbour to the west, has faced a separatist insurgency for decades, with ethnic Baloch groups demanding autonomy.
This latest escalation represents one of the deadliest single-day surges in recent memory, with coordinated gun and bomb attacks hitting 48 locations across 14 cities, including Quetta, Gwadar, and Noshki.
The BLA claimed to have paralyzed government administrative structures and taken control of several security posts. Pakistan has frequently charged India with sponsoring such militants, a claim India consistently denies, often using these allegations to divert international attention from its own documented history of suppression and human rights violations in the region.
Escalating Fatalities
The scale of the violence triggered a massive counter-operation by Pakistani security forces, which reportedly killed at least 145 militants over a 40-hour period.
“We categorically reject the baseless allegations made by Pakistan, which are nothing but its usual tactics to deflect attention from its own internal failings,” MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said in a firm press release.
He added that Pakistan’s record of “suppression, brutality, and violation of human rights” is well known to the global community.
Despite the high insurgent death toll, the loss of civilian lives—including 11 labourers in Gwadar, highlights the deteriorating security situation that Pakistan’s leadership continues to blame on “foreign backing” rather than systemic internal neglect.
The Logical Indian’s Perspective
At The Logical Indian, we believe that sustainable peace in South Asia cannot be achieved through a cycle of blame and shadow-boxing. Finger-pointing at neighbours after every internal tragedy only delays the essential process of dialogue and domestic reform.
For a region to prosper, governments must prioritise the welfare and human rights of their citizens over geopolitical posturing.
True stability comes from addressing the root causes of unrest through empathy and inclusive governance, rather than relying on a narrative of external threats to mask internal systemic failures. We urge both nations to steer away from escalatory rhetoric and focus on the shared goal of regional harmony and human dignity.
