*RAWALPINDI: Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Director General MajorGeneral Asif Ghafoor on Friday warned India of retaliation if it chooses toattack Pakistan or opt for any sort of aggression against the country.*
Addressing a press conference, DG ISPR responded to India’s war threatsafter the February 14 Pulwama attack by saying that India has this habit ofblaming Pakistan after terror attacks in Occupied Kashmir or in its ownterritory without evidence but if the eastern neighbour tries to initiatewar Pakistan’s valiant “forces won’t be surprised but will surprise you(India)”.
“Today, Pakistan’s forces are battle-hardened as they have fought a war (onterror) against an invisible enemy which was a difficult war so a waragainst a known enemy like India will be easier to fight,” said DG ISPR.
Recalling the history of bilateral relations between two arch-rivals sincethe creation of Pakistan in 1947, the DG mentioned multiple Indianmisadventures from time to time on the country’s eastern border.
About the February 14 Pulwama attack, the DG ISPR maintained that India hasa history of “staging” such attacks before elections and events ofinternational importance.
“Firstly, India has layers and layers of security forces deployed inOccupied Kashmir, secondly the attack happened in Pulwama which is milesaway from the Line Of Control, the suicide bomber was a local young man andvehicles, explosives used in the attack too were local so I will adviseIndia that you should interrogate your security forces over their failureto prevent the attack,” said DG ISPR.
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He, however, added that Pakistan’s forces and the government took time torespond to Indian allegations to introspect if anyone from Pakistani soilwas in anyway behind the attack but have now responded after making surenone from Pakistan was behind the attack.
The military’s spokesman maintained that the unrest in India-OccupiedKashmir is due to the fact that Indian forces have been trying to suppressthe freedom movement of the Kashmiri people with force.
The DG ISPR maintained that a large number of people attended the funeralprayers of the suicide bomber Adil Dar which is a testimony to the angeragainst Indian occupation of the valley.
Major General Ghafoor’s press conference comes at a time when the relationsbetween Pakistan and arch-rival India has severely gone sore in the wake ofPulwama attack in Occupied Kashmir on Feb 14.
