In January 2016, lapdogs of the Jaish-e-Mohammed attacked the Indian Air Force Base in Pathankot, killing seven guards before being taken out by Indian soldiers.

Pakistan, when accused, set up a special investigation team. In a first, this team was given visas to visit the airbase to examine the weapons used by the attackers, record statements of the victims and first responders, and were allowed access to other assorted evidence.

On its return to Pakistan, however, the team claimed that all the evidence indicated that the attack was set up by Indian agencies in order to discredit Pakistan. Islamabad then reneged on its offer to allow an Indian team to visit Pakistan to interrogate key suspects there.

On 29 July, a Times of India report stated that the United States had handed over evidence in the form of chat transcripts between the attackers and their handlers in Pakistan, clearly proving that the Jaish was involved.

According to the Times, “The proof shared by the U.S. through the Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty (MLAT) will strengthen India’s case ahead of Home Minister Rajnath Singh’s visit to Islamabad next week for the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) interior ministers’ and home ministers’ conference. It can also help in India renewing its plea that the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) sanctions Masood Azhar as a terrorist.”

But, I wouldn’t be too optimistic. Mountains of dossiers of similar evidence against Pakistani fidayeen, who can best be described as the north ends of south-bound swine— egged on from behind by porcine leaders like Azhar and Hafiz Saeed— have failed to have any impact whatsoever on Islamabad.

After all, Hafiz Saeed— the main accused in the 26/11 siege of Mumbai— is not just walking around free under Pakistani military protection. He is giving hate speeches, quite happily, on Kashmir and sowing the seeds of discord in the Indian media by praising an Indian journalist and the Congress party for their position on the strife-torn Indian state.

Not to be outdone, in a statement released earlier this month, Masood Azhar declared: “The strong Pathankot attacks lifted the spirits of Kashmiri youth and now the sacrifice of a Kashmiri has united the Kashmiri community, hence, it is our responsibility to stand behind the Kashmiri Muslims, our lives are wasted if we can’t help the jihad in Kashmir.” But Islamabad still remains in constant denial, insisting that the unrest in Kashmir is local in origin and that Pakistan provides only “moral” support.

Meanwhile, Nepal has beefed up security in and around the Koshi Barrage following an Indian warning that militant groups trained and/or sponsored by Pakistan could target the structure, a key element in water and flood management between India and Nepal.

Local media said the Indian warning had specifically mentioned outfits like the Lashkar-e-Taiba, Jaish-e-Mohammed and the Indian Mujahideen, but Home ministry spokesman Yadav Koirala told the Hindustan Times that “the Indian side alerted us about the possible security threat in areas along the Nepal-India border, particularly in the Koshi Barrage area, but has not mentioned which group had issued such a threat.”