NEW DELHI – India responds over statement of Pakistan Army Chief GeneralQamar Javaid Bajwa.
India will use “all instruments at its command” to respond to Pakistan overits role Pulwama terror attack. India’s comments came at a time whenIslamabad issued a warning that it would respond with “full force” ifattacked and Pakistan Army Chief General Qamar Jawed Bajwa visitedPakistani troops deployed at the Line of Control (LoC) in Kashmir on Friday.
According to Pakistani media, Bajwa instructed the troops “to be ready toface any eventuality.”
General Bajwa’s visit to LoC comes hours after Army spokesperson MajorGeneral Asif Ghafoor’s statement at a press conference that Pakistan is”not preparing to initiate anything. We have the right to respond to yourpreparations for war.”
“India will exercise all instruments at its command, whether it isdiplomatic or otherwise,” Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said in New Delhi.
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“India has all options. You need not exhaust all options on day one. Thisis not a one-week battle. It’s to be undertaken in various forms.”
Referring to Islamabad’s alleged support for Islamist militant groups, headded, “I think Pakistan is riding a tiger on this issue, and a tiger neverspares its own rider.”
As many as 40 CRPF personnel died in a terrorist attack on February 14 atPulwama in Jammu and Kashmir.
