The Azad Jammu and Kashmir President Sardar Masood Khan has dismissed the Indian allegations of destruction of Buddhist sites in Gilgit-Baltistan and said that vicious blame game is part of India’s attempt to divert attention from its own crimes against humanity.

In a video message, he said it was ruling BJP that had pulled down thousands of years old Babri mosque in India reduced Charare Sharif shrine to ashes in IOK, ruined holy Golden Temple in Amritsar and killed hundreds of innocent Sikhs, and destruction of places of  worship of Christians in different parts of India.

The President said that before expressing fake sympathy with the followers of Buddhism, the Indian rulers should search their souls, and must remember that the present Pakistani territory was once the abode of Buddha culture and the Buddha heritage is still preserved in Gandhara, Mohenjo-Daro, and Harappa and many other places.

He said Pakistan has been the cradle of a Buddhist civilization for centuries.

He said that Gilgit-Baltistan is part of Jammu and Kashmir State, and the people of this region love Pakistan and emotionally attached to their heritage.