{"id":21380,"date":"2025-05-20T12:24:27","date_gmt":"2025-05-20T07:24:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/?p=21380"},"modified":"2025-05-20T12:24:31","modified_gmt":"2025-05-20T07:24:31","slug":"pakistan-slams-indian-claim-of-plot-to-target-golden-temple","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/2025\/05\/20\/pakistan-slams-indian-claim-of-plot-to-target-golden-temple\/","title":{"rendered":"Pakistan slams Indian claim of plot to target Golden Temple"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Pakistan on Tuesday strongly rejected allegations made by a senior Indian military officer that Pakistan had planned to target the Golden Temple, calling the claim &#8220;completely baseless and false&#8221;.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Responding to media queries regarding the accusations, Foreign Office Spokesperson Shafqat Ali Khan said Pakistan categorically rejected the &#8220;irresponsible and unfounded&#8221; remarks, terming them part of a deliberate campaign to malign Pakistan and divert attention from India\u2019s own questionable actions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cSuch baseless allegations cannot and will not divert attention from India\u2019s unacceptable act of targeting religious sites in Pakistan,\u201d the spokesperson stated, referring to the incidents of May 6 and 7 when, according to Pakistan, places of worship were targeted by India.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The FO spokesperson underscored that Pakistan takes immense pride in being the custodian of numerous holy sites of Sikhism. \u201cWe host thousands of Sikh pilgrims from around the world each year and have facilitated visa-free access to Gurdwara Darbar Sahib through the Kartarpur Corridor \u2014 a gesture that reflects our deep respect for religious freedoms and interfaith harmony.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The spokesperson reiterated that the allegation of a planned attack on the Golden Temple was \u201cnot only false but also a reckless attempt to incite religious sentiments and sow discord.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pakistan on Tuesday strongly rejected allegations made by a senior Indian military officer that Pakistan<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":21381,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[215],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21380","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v18.4.1 - 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