The Special Service Bureau of RAW was believed to be running as many as 40 "terrorist training camp" facilities in Rajasthan, Punjab, Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir, Uttar Pradesh and other parts of India. The then-Prime Minister of Pakistan Nawaz Sharif and many senior ministers within the Pakistani government condemned India for the upsurge of terrorist incidents, as well as for having a hand in sporadic Sunni-Shi'a sectarian conflicts in the country.