Pakistan condemns acquittal of Samjhota Express attack perpetrators

ISLAMABAD, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 26th Feb, 2026) The government of Pakistan Thursday condemned the shameless acquittal and exoneration of all four perpetrators of the Samjhota Express terror attack including Swami Aseemanand, who publicly confessed to being the mastermind of the heinous attack, Lieutenant Colonel Purohit, a serving Indian Army Officer and Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur.

In response to media queries regarding the 19th Anniversary of the Samjhota Express Terror Attack, the Spokesperson Foreign Office said, “This month, it has been 19 years since the horrific terrorist attack on Lahore-bound Samjhauta Express train on India’s soil on 18 February 2007. 68 innocent passengers, including 44 Pakistani nationals, lost their lives."

"We express our severe disappointment at Indian Government’s callousness towards the plight of the families of the Pakistani nationals who await justice even after the passage of nineteen years. This callous response confirms India’s role as an official and political accomplice in the heinous terrorist attack carried out on its soil against innocent civilians—Pakistanis and others alike," he added.

He said, "We are alarmed that the Hindutva extremism and Saffron terror that had motivated the inhuman attack nineteen years ago has intensified manifolds under the current regime in India."

"The Government of Pakistan demands a fair trial and that the perpetrators and abettors of Samjhauta Express terrorist attack be brought to justice. The families of the innocent Pakistani nationals, mercilessly killed at the hands of the Hindutva-motivated extremists deserve closure," he remarked.

The Spokesperson said, "India routinely indulges in anti Pakistan propaganda, including by exploiting the bogey of terrorism - in this backdrop India’s own systemic exoneration of the perpetrators of the Samjhota terrorist attacks is yet another example of Indian duplicity and state sponsorship of terrorism against Pakistan."