ISLAMABAD: Any misadventure by India against Pakistan will be a strategic mistake and amount to putting itself on the road to destruction, the Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee, said here on Saturday.
Commenting on the Indian army chief’s statement about preparations to fight China and Pakistan simultaneously, Gen Tariq Majeed said: “Leave alone China, Gen Deepak Kapoor knows very well what the Indian armed forces cannot do and Pakistani armed forces can pull off militarily.”
He expressed doubt about the statement attributed to Gen Kapoor, saying he could not be so “outlandish in strategic postulations to put India on a self-destructive path”.
Gen Majeed, however, said that if the report were correct, the uncalled-for rhetoric only depicted a lack of strategic acumen.
The statement by Gen Majid followed a tit-for-tat reply the previous day to the Indian army chief by his Pakistan counterpart, Gen Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, warning India against treading an adventurous path and declaring that the Pakistan Army was prepared to respond to any existing, potential or emerging threat.
An official told Dawn that Pakistan’s quest for peace in South Asia must not be misconstrued as weakness. “Pakistan’s armed forces have all the ability to frustrate evil designs of the enemy.” He lamented that instead of coming out with a positive response to Pakistan’s efforts for resumption of the stalled peace process, such irresponsible statements were emanating from New Delhi, along with claims of Kashmir being an integral part of India.
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