PM Shehbaz Sharif Exposed India’s Pahalgam False Flag Narrative at SCO Summit, Leaving Modi Speechless

ISLAMABAD - At last year's Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Summit in Tianjin, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif delivered a diplomatic masterstroke, effectively dismantling India's narrative on the Pahalgam terror attack and exposing what Pakistan has consistently called a "false flag operation".

Throw back to when last year’s SCO Summit, Modi pushed the Pahalgam narrative to blame Pakistan, but no country accepted it or held Pakistan responsible.

Instead, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif exposed India’s Pahalgam false flag narrative, leaving Modi speechless. pic.twitter.com/gGWMB7o6oo

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While Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi used the SCO platform to push the Pahalgam narrative and blame Pakistan, no country accepted India's allegations or held Pakistan responsible. Instead, the SCO joint declaration condemned both the Pahalgam attack and terror attacks inside Pakistan, refusing to assign blame to any specific nation.

Modi's Failed Attempt to Isolate Pakistan

Addressing the SCO Summit, PM Modi described the Pahalgam attack as "an open challenge to every country that believes in humanity" and questioned whether "the open support of terrorism by some countries" could be tolerated. He called for "no double standards on terrorism".

However, Modi's attempt to corner Pakistan backfired when the SCO, despite condemning the Pahalgam attack, also condemned the Jaffar Express train hijacking and the Khuzdar school bus bombing in Pakistan. This balanced approach effectively neutralized India's narrative.

Shehbaz Sharif's Diplomatic Victory

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, in his address, presented Pakistan's position with irrefutable evidence, exposing the involvement of "foreign hands" in terror attacks inside Pakistan, including the Jaffar Express incident.

According to diplomats and analysts, PM Sharif successfully "presented Pakistan's point of view before the global leaders," with the result that "Pakistan's stance on terrorism and extremism was accepted and incorporated in the SCO declaration".

Former diplomat Amb. Naela Chohan noted that PM Sharif's speech at the SCO Summit "also mentioned Pahalgam false flag operation". The analyst highlighted that India's defence minister had earlier refused to sign a joint declaration at the SCO Defence Ministers' meeting because it did not mention Pahalgam - but even then, participants "refused to hear the false tale".

India Sidelined on the Global Stage

Analysts hailed PM Shehbaz Sharif's diplomacy, noting that "from the success of Prime Minister's meetings with Russian President Vladimir Putin and others, it is now almost clear that India has been sidelined".

The SCO joint declaration, while condemning Pahalgam, explicitly called for "perpetrators, organisers and sponsors of such attacks must be brought to justice" without singling out Pakistan. It also condemned terrorist attacks inside Pakistan's Balochistan province and the assault on tourists in IIOJK, creating a balanced framework.

PM Modi, who had hoped for a unanimous condemnation of Pakistan, was left with no choice but to accept the balanced declaration. The SCO reaffirmed that "double standards in the fight against terrorism are unacceptable," a principle that worked both ways and neutralized India's attempt to weaponize the Pahalgam narrative.