Pakistan’s top military command warned India on Friday that a “decisive” response would be taken if India tried to start a conflict.
Army chief General Syed Asim Munir called a special Corps Commanders conference at General Headquarters in Rawalpindi amid rising tensions with India.
After Pakistan was blamed for the April 22 Pahalgam incident that murdered 26 tourists, New Delhi threatened cross-border strikes.
Pakistan strongly denied involvement and volunteered to join any “neutral, transparent and credible” probe. China and other nations supported Pakistan’s plan, but the US took a more balanced position, surprising India.
On Wednesday, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio urged Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Indian External Affairs Minister S J Shankar to restrain.
The military’s propaganda wing said the top brass reviewed the geostrategic situation, focusing on the Pakistan-India impasse and regional security.
The meeting underlined the armed services’ unwavering commitment to national sovereignty and territorial integrity.
The COAS praised the military forces’ professionalism, morale, and operational readiness, uniting with Pakistanis to defend the nation at all costs. All fronts require more awareness and proactive readiness, he said.
The forum expressed grave concern over the intensification of Indian atrocities in the Indian-Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK), particularly after the Pahalgam incident, and the continued targeting of innocent civilians along the LoC by Indian occupation forces. We reaffirmed that such brutal and unprovoked acts raise regional tensions and would be handled with a strong and commensurate reaction.
The group was concerned about India’s practice of using crises for political and military gain. Internal governance problems are externalized in a predictable pattern.
In 2019, India used the Pulwama event to unilaterally change the status quo of Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu & Kashmir by revoking Article 370.
The new Pahalgam episode appears to be a planned strategy to deflect Pakistan’s attention from the western front and ongoing economic resurgence, two fronts where Pakistan is decisively and persistently gaining territory. ISPR said diversionary measures to give Indian terror proxies operational breathing space will fail.
The forum reiterated Pakistan’s commitment to peace, stability, and development, but it also stated that any attempt to impose war will be met with swift and decisive action and that Pakistanis’ goals will be respected at all costs.
The conference also voiced worry that India is using the Pahalgam crisis to undermine the Indus Waters Treaty and seize Pakistan’s intrinsic water rights. This attempts to weaponize water endangers approximately 240 million Pakistanis and escalates geopolitical instability in South Asia.
The conference was especially alarmed by strong evidence of Indian military and intelligence cooperation in Pakistani terrorism. These state-sponsored actions violate international conventions, which are entirely unacceptable.
The forum emphasized that Pakistan’s peace and development will not be hampered by terrorism, coercion, or aggression, directly or through proxies. The Indian government’s destabilization tactics will be crushed decisively.
The COAS finished the forum by expressing complete trust in all formations and strategic forces’ operational preparedness, deterrent stance, and morale to defend the nation against all threats.
