India isn’t Israel, nor is Pakistan Palestine: ISPR DG warns of merciless response
Pakistan’s military spokesperson Lieutenant General Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry has declared that Pakistan will respond “mercilessly” to any aggression from India, warning New Delhi against escalating tensions in the region.
Speaking to Turkey’s state-run Anadolu Agency, the Director General of Inter-Services Public Relations (DG ISPR) dismissed Indian accusations linking Pakistan to the recent attack in Pahalgam, asserting that India’s use of such incidents for political mileage is both baseless and dangerous.
“India is not Israel, nor is Pakistan Palestine,” he said, rejecting any comparisons and cautioning that South Asia is not a playground for military adventurism. “We are not a nation that will bow down to threats, aggression, or hooliganism,” he added.
The ISPR DGemphasized that terrorism, extremism, and hatred are India’s internal issues. He criticized the Indian government for repressing its minorities, particularly Muslims and Sikhs, stating that such oppression only fuels anger and radicalism.
Lieutenant General Ahmed Sharif said India of being a “state sponsor of terrorism” in the region. He claimed that New Delhi’s intelligence agencies have been providing training and financial support to terrorist groups operating in Pakistan.
Citing the recent attack on the Jaffar Express in Balochistan, in which over 20 civilians lost their lives, he said that the Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) had openly sought military assistance from India. He added that prominent Indian politicians, including retired military officers, had publicly endorsed such militant outfits.
“We have undeniable evidence of India’s involvement in terrorism inside Pakistan,” he said, noting that such evidence has been submitted to the International Court of Justice (ICJ).
