India, Aug. 7 -- Pakistan on Friday denied allegations of ISI interference in Bangladesh after Sheikh Hasina's son, Sajeeb Wazed Joy, claimed the intelligence agency had an "open hand" in the country.

Islamabad does not interfere in Bangladesh's internal affairs, Pakistan's foreign ministry spokesperson Tahir Andrabi has now said. Responding to questions at a press briefing, Andrabi said he had not seen the remarks made by Joy, who spoke virtually at an event hosted by the Foreign Correspondents' Club of South Asia in Delhi on Wednesday.

"We, of course, categorically reject any insinuation of the so-called ISI's role." He added, "India is paranoid about ISI. Maybe the infection has caught him because he's also in India. Maybe that's the...