RAWALPINDI - Director General ISPR Major General Asif Ghafoor while responding to the Indian Army Chief threats of striking inside Pakistan and crossing border has said that such statements are unbecoming from a person of a responsible stature.
Speaking to state TV’s world service, the military spokesman said that Pakistan has a credible nuclear capability, exclusively meant for threat from the east.
“But we believe it’s a weapon of deterrence not a choice.”
Asked what if India undertakes any misadventure against Pakistan, Ghafoor said, “Well, it’s their choice. Should they wish to test our resolve they may try and see it for themselves.”
Responding to a question about New Delhi role in destabilising Pakistan through state sponsored terrorism, he said if India could overpower Pakistan through conventional engagement post-overt nuclearisation, it could have done that by now.
“The only thing stopping them is our credible nuclear deterrence as there is no space of war between the two nuclear states,” the general said.
“That’s why they are targeting us through sub-conventional threat and state-sponsored terrorism.”