New Delhi, April 25 -- Professor Amitabh Mattoo, strategic affairs expert and Dean at Jawaharlal Nehru University's School of International Studies, has blamed Pakistan's military-intelligence establishment for the terror attack in Kashmir's Pahalgam, urging the Indian government to adopt a calibrated and assertive response.

In a hard-hitting statement, Mattoo said the attack was not a random act but a calculated attempt by Pakistan's power centres in Rawalpindi to destabilise the region and provoke India. "I think it was a deliberate, calculated move by those sitting in Rawalpindi who are part of the Pakistani military intelligence establishment to create a certain sense of uncertainty within Kashmir to provoke India," he said.

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