Inter-Services Public Relations says the recent statement of Indian Chief of Army Staff reflects 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 passage of eight decades.
In a statement while responding to the Indian Chief of Army Staff’s statement during an interview, ISPR said India’s hubristic, jingoistic and myopic mindset has repeatedly pushed South Asia towards wars and crises.
The ISPR said threatening a sovereign nuclear neighbour with elimination from “geography” is not strategic signalling or brinkmanship; it is sheer bankruptcy of cognitive capacities, madness and warmongering despite knowing the reality that such geographic obliteration would certainly be mutual and comprehensive.
The statement further said responsible nuclear states reflect restraint, maturity and strategic sobriety. They do not speak the language of civilisational supremacy or national erasure.
The ISPR said contrary to the delusional and hallucinational belief system and despite the omnipresent ill wishes that prevail in Hindutva-led India, Pakistan is already a country of consequence at global level, a declared nuclear power and an indelible part of South Asia’s geography and history.
The ISPR further said Indian narrative conveniently ignores India’s own historically documented record of being a harbinger of terrorism in the region, a state sponsor of terrorism, key source of regional instability, practitioner of transnational assassinations and a hotbed of disinformation campaign across the globe.
It said Delhi’s aggressive posturing stems less from confidence and more from frustration at its inability to harm Pakistan that has been brutally exposed during Marka-e-Haq. 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 and beyond.
The ISPR said India needs to reconcile with Pakistan’s salience and learn to peacefully co-exist with it. Otherwise, any attempt to target Pakistan can trigger consequences that shall neither be geographically confined nor strategically or politically palatable for India.
