The tragedy that unfolded in Khuzdar, where innocent schoolchildren were mercilessly targeted in a despicable act of terrorism, has plunged the nation into mourning and deepened our resolve to confront the evil that stalks our land. This was not just an attack on young lives—it was a calculated strike against our future, a cowardly blow inflicted by an enemy that has repeatedly failed to subdue us on the battlefield and now turns to the slaughter of our children to quench its bitterness.

Why is it that the pure and innocent—the school-going children of Pakistan—are made victims of such heinous crimes? The nation still bears the scar of December 16, 2014, when terrorists stormed the Army Public School in Peshawar and massacred over 140 lives, most of them children. It was a day when the heavens wept, and the earth stood still in grief. Now, a similar nightmare has descended upon Khuzdar. The message from our enemy is unmistakable: if we cannot defeat you in combat, we will break you by murdering your young.

This strategy of targeting civilians and, worse, children, is not born of battlefield tactics but of desperation and inhuman cruelty. After the Peshawar attack, the Government of Pakistan presented a meticulously prepared dossier to the United Nations and other international bodies. That document provided clear, irrefutable evidence of Indian involvement in planning and supporting the terrorists behind the massacre. It detailed communications intercepted........

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