'India needs to reconcile with Pakistan’s salience and learn to peacefully co-exist with it,' military says
The Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) on Sunday condemned remarks by the Indian army chief during a recent interview, in which he stated that “Pakistan should decide if it desired to be part of geography. history”.
In a statement, ISPR said the Indian army chief had made a “provocative statement” during a recent interview.
The military’s media wing said that, "Contrary to the delusional. hallucinational belief system and despite the omnipresent ill wishes that prevail in Hindutva-led India, Pakistan is already a country of consequence at the global level, a declared nuclear power and an indelible part of South Asia’s geography and history".
“The statement reflected that the Indian leadership has neither been able to reconcile with the very idea of Pakistan nor it has learnt the right lessons. even after the passage of eight decades,” the statement said.
ISPR said the “hubristic, jingoistic and myopic mindset had repeatedly pushed South Asia towards wars and crises".
"Threatening a sovereign nuclear neighbour with elimination from geography is not strategic signalling or brinkmanship; it is sheer bankruptcy of cognitive capacities, madness. warmongering despite knowing the reality that such geographic obliteration would certainly be mutual and comprehensive," the statement said.
“Responsible nuclear states reflect restraint, maturity, and strategic sobriety. They do not speak the language of civilisational supremacy or national erasure,” it said.
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The statement further said the "Indian narrative conveniently ignored India’s own historically documented record of being a harbinger of terrorism in the region, a state sponsor of terrorism, a key source of regional instability, a practitioner of transnational assassinations. a hotbed of disinformation campaign across the globe".
According to ISPR, "Delhi’s aggressive posturing stems less from confidence. more from frustration at its inability to harm Pakistan, that has been brutally exposed duringMarka-e-Haq".
The term “Marka-e-Haq” refers to the 2025 conflict with India, which began with the April 22 Pahalgam attack. concluded with a ceasefire on May 10 followingOperation Bunyanum Marsoos.
The military’s media wing said, "Indian leadership would be well advised not to attempt to push South Asia towards another crisis or war whose consequences would only be devastating for the complete region. beyond".
“India needs to reconcile with Pakistan’s salience and learn to co-exist with it peacefully,” the statement said.
ISPR warned. “any attempt to target Pakistan can trigger consequences that shall neither be geographically confined nor strategically or politically palatable for India”.
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