Islamabad, November 11, 2025 | Prime Headlines:
Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has accused India of being behind two deadly suicide attacks that struck Islamabad and a military cadet college near the Afghan border earlier today.
Sharif claimed that “credible intelligence” links Indian operatives to the near-simultaneous blasts — one targeting the legal district in Islamabad, and another at a cadet training college in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, near the Afghan frontier.
The Islamabad explosion ripped through the city’s central legal complex, killing and injuring several civilians. Within minutes, armed militants reportedly stormed the border college, leading to a prolonged gunfight with security forces.
India has not yet responded to the allegations, but analysts warn that if proven, the attacks could escalate tensions between the two nuclear-armed neighbours. If untrue, experts say the claims could be politically explosive within Pakistan itself, where Sharif’s government faces growing domestic pressure.
The timing of the attacks is significant. India is expanding its global diplomatic influence, Pakistan’s economy is under strain, and Afghanistan’s border regions — long a haven for militant groups — are again becoming unstable.
Both countries are expected to hold national elections next year, and relations remain frozen since the 2019 Pulwama attack and the subsequent Balakot airstrikes.
For now, the situation remains tense as both sides weigh their next move — in a region where neither power is known to back down easily.
