India strongly rejects Pak Foreign Minister's 'absurd' allegation over Karachi attack

In a strongly worded response to 'false allegations' levelled by Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi in regards to the Karachi attack, MEA spokesperson Anurag Shrivastava said: "India rejects the absurd comments of the Foreign Minister of Pakistan on the terrorist attack in Karachi."

He said Pakistan "cannot shift the blame on India for its domestic problems."

Srivastava said that unlike Pakistan, India does not refrain from condemning terrorist attacks across the world including in Karachi.

"Unlike Pakistan, India has no hesitation in condemning terrorism anywhere in the world, including in Karachi," he said.

This comes as following the terrorist attack in the Stock Exchange building in Pakistan's Karachi, Foreign Minister Quereshi blamed the 'externally supported terrorism' clearing indicating India responsible for the mayhem.

"Strongly condemn attempted terrorist attack on #PakistanStockExchange, thwarted by valiant security personnel, 4 of whom sacrificed their lives protecting Pakistan. We have repeatedly warned about externally supported terrorism. PSX is safe & open for business.  🇵🇰 Zindabad," he wrote in a tweet.

Not only India refuted the allegations but also criticised Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan's reference to dreaded slain terrorist Osama bin Laden as 'martyr' in the country's parliament

"Foreign Minister  Quereshi may wish to reflect on this, as also his own Government’s position, including his Prime Minister’s description of the global terrorist as a "martyr"," the MEA spokesperson added on Monday.

Imran Khan has been facing criticisms in Pakistan itself after he described former Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden a 'martyr'.

Shocking several, Khan had said: "We helped America in the ‘War on Terror’. For doing this, Pakistan faced grave humiliation. America came and killed Osama Bin Laden in Abbottabad... martyred him."

Pakistan, which is often hit by terror strike, witnessed a massive attack on Monday which left four militants and five security personnel killed as terrorists targeted the country's Stock Exchange building in the southern port city of Karachi.

The militants with sophisticated weapons stormed the building of the Pakistan Stock Exchange and attacked the security personnel by hurling hand grenades and firing at them, Senior Superintendent Police City of Karachi Muqaddas Haider told the media.