Daily Times

RAWALPINDI: Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) director general Lt-General Asim Salim Bajwa has said that Pakistan’s armed forces are fully prepared to respond any aggression.

In Baghsar area of Azad Jammu Kashmir, he informed media persons, who were taken to the Line of Control (LoC) to inspect the latest situation there on Saturday, he said that the war was not in anybody’s interest. He said that the solders have given befitting response to Indian firing on the Line of Control.

He said that the war would benefit no one. However, “Pakistan is absolutely geared up to war at every place, if it is imposed.” He said that Pakistan had vehemently retaliated Indian’s recent unprovoked gunfire and would give such a befitting rejoinder that the neighbouring country would not dare to repeat misadventure in future.

“We will do whatever we can for the sake of defence of Pakistan. And no one should have any doubt about this as we defended the motherland earlier as well and we will do it again with full vigour,” he said. He said that an unfounded lie of ‘surgical strike’ was spoken; however, Pakistan has returned Indian provocation.

“We believe Indian Army suffered considerable fatalities. I wonder as to why they are unwilling to accept their loss,” he said. Reacting to Indian’s claims, the military spokesperson said that if anyone had crossed the LoC, he would have been visible to someone, referring to heavily-guarded boundary line between the two parts of the divided state of Jammu Kashmir.

“If an Indian soldier mistakenly overstepped into our territory, we are watching over,” he remarked, alluding to the arrest of Indian soldier Chandu Babu Lal Chohan from 37 Rashtriya Rifles.