Following the Balochistan train hijack by the Baloch Liberation Army (BLA), a debate has triggered whether India could potentially play a key role in liberating Balochistan from Pakistan, with experts comparing the scenario with the 1971 Bangladesh war of liberation.

India strongly rejected Pakistan's baseless allegations of Indian involvement in the Balochistan train hijack, asserting the world knows Pakistan is the epicenter of global terrorism. India also reaffirmed Jammu & Kashmir as an integral part of India,

Pakistan’s military accused neighbouring India on Friday of sponsoring insurgents in a restive southwestern province, where an unprecedented attack by armed separatists this week killed 26 passengers aboard a hijacked train.

The DG ISPR commended the Pakistan Army, Special Services Group, Law Enforcement Agencies and FC for conducting the operation with utmost precision and caution. He mentioned that not a single causality happened during the conduct of the operation. He said some passengers were martyred before the launch of the operation by the security forces.

Pakistan army reveals details of Balochistan Liberation Army attack on Jaffar Express, resulting in 26 hostages killed and 33 terrorists eliminated.

India has rejected Pakistan's allegations that New Delhi is behind the violence in the neighbouring country where the latest in a series of bloodshed is a train hijacking by the Baloch rebels.

Islamabad should “look inwards” instead of pointing fingers and shifting blame, India said in its first official comment after an attack on a Quetta-Peshawar train by the Baloch Liberation Army left 21 passengers dead.

Pakistan claimed India has been trying to destabilise its neighbouring countries and running assassination campaign

Pakistan accused India of sponsoring terrorism without implicating it directly in the recent Balochistan train attack. Communication during the attack was traced to Afghanistan, and Pakistan urged Afghanistan to act against the perpetrators.

India has refuted Pakistan’s claims regarding its involvement in the Jaffar Express attack, with MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal stating that Pakistan should address its own issues rather than blame others for its failures.

Relatives comfort each other during the funeral prayer of a victim of a train attack, in Quetta, Pakistan's southwestern Balochistan province, on March 13. (AP)