India calls Pakistan's claim of targeted killings 'false'

India has dismissed allegations by Pakistan that its agents killed two Pakistani citizens on its soil in 2023, calling them "false".

Pakistan's claims come months after Ottawa alleged that India was involved in the murder of a Sikh separatist in Canada - India has denied this.

On Thursday, Islamabad said it had "credible evidence" of links between the two killings and Indian agents.

India's foreign ministry called it "malicious anti-India propaganda".

The two deaths in Pakistan include the killing of Muhammad Riaz in Rawalakot city in September 2023 and Shahid Latif in Sialkot city in October 2023, the country's foreign ministry said in a press briefing on Thursday. One of the men was shot dead while praying at a mosque, while the other was killed outside one.

Pakistan's foreign ministry did not disclose who these people were or the reasons for Delhi allegedly dispatching agents to carry out the killings within its arch-rival's territory.

Foreign Secretary Muhammad Syrus Qazi called the killings "unacceptable" and "a violation of its sovereignty".

"We have documentary, financial and forensic evidence of the involvement of the two Indian agents who masterminded these assassinations," he said.

India must be held "accountable" for its "blatant violation of international law", he added.

India did not directly address the specific allegations raised by Pakistan but called the country an "epicentre of terrorism, organised crime and illegal transnational activities".

"India and many other countries have publicly warned Pakistan cautioning that it would consume by its own culture of terror and violence," its foreign ministry said in a statement.

Mr Qazi also said that the killings in Pakistan were similar to attempts in Canada and the