The Pakistan Army warned that "provocative and jingoistic remarks" from senior Indian security officials risk fabricating pretexts for aggression and could lead to “cataclysmic devastation,” according to a statement issued by the military's media wing. The Inter-Services Public Relations said that such remarks suggested a renewed attempt to manufacture arbitrary pretexts for aggression that would have “serious consequences for peace and stability in South Asia”.
The Pakistan Army issued the remarks following provocative remarks by Indian military officials amid heightened tensions between Islamabad and New Delhi in the backdrop of a four-day armed conflict in May this year.
A day earlier, Indian Air Force Chief Amar Preet Singh claimed that India downed five Pakistani fighter jets of the F-16 and JF-17 class during the intense fighting between the nuclear-armed neighbours in May.
In statement, the Pakistan military slammed India for long portraying itself as a victim while “stoking violence and perpetrating terrorism in South Asia and beyond”, saying that this narrative has been debunked.
The ISPR added that the international community now recognises India as “the true face of cross-border terrorism and the epi-centre of regional instability”.
