The Pakistan Army tells India that “cataclysmic devastation” will happen if fighting starts again.
On Saturday, the propaganda wing of the Pakistani military sent out a strongly worded message saying they were “grave concerned” about what they called “delusional, provocative, and jingoistic statements” coming from the highest levels of the Indian security establishment.
The Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) added that Indian remarks are “making up random reasons for aggression” and that this kind of talk could lead to more fighting between the two nuclear-armed countries.
The ISPR also claimed that the Pakistani military and people were ready to respond “swiftly, decisively, and destructively” if a fresh conflict broke out.
The ISPR said that recent comments from high-ranking Indian defence and military officials were reckless and were merely more attempts to make excuses for escalation.
The statement said that years of portraying Pakistan as the aggressor had been revealed, and the ISPR said that “the world recognises India as the true face of cross-border terrorism and the epicentre of regional instability.”
The military communication said that New Delhi’s inflammatory statements could have “serious consequences for peace and stability in South Asia.”
The ISPR added that Indian actions had taken “two nuclear powers to the brink of a major war” and that the incident had left India with damaged planes and shown that Pakistan could attack from far away.
The statement said that the preceding interaction was a warning of what may happen if the neighbours kept acting aggressively, and it implied that recollections of those events had not stopped what the ISPR called new aggressive comments from Indian commanders.
In the previous three days, Pakistan has shot down 78 Indian drones.
The ISPR made it very clear what Pakistan’s official position was: the country has built up a “new normal of response” that would be “swift, decisive, and destructive” in the event of any threats that weren’t necessary.
The military memo added that Pakistan will not “hold back” and that the armed forces had both the “capability and resolve” to “take the fight to every nook and corner of the enemy’s territory.” The message went on to say that Pakistan wanted to get rid of any idea of geographic immunity, which meant they wanted to be able to hit areas outside of conventional frontline zones.
The ISPR cautioned that comments that advocated for “erasing Pakistan from the map” would be greeted with a similar peril, warning that “the erasure will be mutual” if something happened.
The message from the government advised people to think carefully about what they say, saying that if they make a mistake, the effects could go beyond just small-scale military actions and could even lead to more instability in the whole region.