New Delhi, May 20 -- :The Pahalgam terror attack was directed from across the border, with terrorists in direct communication with masterminds in Pakistan, Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri told the Parliamentary Standing Committee on External Affairs on Monday, according to sources.

In a detailed and hard-hitting briefing, Misri laid bare Pakistan's entrenched role as a terror sanctuary, citing concrete findings from the investigation into the Pahalgam massacre. UN-designated terrorists, he said, continue to operate freely on Pakistani soil, actively inciting violence against India, according to sources.

The foreign secretary reportedly described a clear and institutional nexus between Pakistani terror outfits, military intelligence agen...