The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has firmly rejected Indian media’s latest disinformation campaign after a man arrested in the United States was falsely linked to Pakistan.

Officials clarified on Thursday that the suspect, involved in what authorities describe as a serious Delaware machinegun arrest, is actually an Afghan national with no Pakistani citizenship.

According to the Foreign Office, the man identified as Luqmaan Khan, 25, lived in the US for most of his life and only spent a short period in Pakistan as an Afghan migrant. Foreign Office Spokesperson Tahir Hussain Andrabi dismissed Indian reports as “propaganda,” stressing that Pakistan had no connection to the incident.

Khan was taken into custody in Wilmington, Delaware, after police and federal agents reportedly found a cache of weapons in his vehicle during a November 24 stop. The US Attorney’s Office said he resisted arrest before authorities discovered a loaded .357-caliber handgun fitted with a conversion-brace kit, several extended magazines, a ballistic plate, and a notebook containing a sketch of a building labeled “UD Police Station.”

The following day, FBI agents and New Castle County Police executed a search warrant at the suspect’s residence. There, they seized a Glock 19 pistol outfitted with an illegal machinegun conversion device — often referred to as a “switch” — along with a .556 rifle equipped with optics, more extended magazines, hollow-point ammunition, and a tactical vest with ballistic plates.

US investigators say the case remains open as the FBI and county police continue digging into his activities. Khan currently faces a federal charge of machinegun possession, a crime that carries a maximum sentence of up to 10 years in prison. Prosecutors have also outlined several additional firearms-related offenses and resisting arrest.

While Indian media attempted to spin the story for political point-scoring, Pakistan maintains that the facts are clear: the suspect is Afghan, not Pakistani.