Pakistan rejects Ajit Doval’s ‘zero damage’ claim as distortion of facts
Islamabad: Pakistan has dismissed remarks by Indian National Security Adviser Ajit Kumar Doval, terming his claims of “zero damage” to Indian military targets during the recent military standoff as a “distortion and misrepresentation” that violated established norms of statecraft.
According to Kashmir Media Service, the remarks follow Doval’s comments at a university convocation in India, where he claimed that India had successfully hit all nine identified targets on May 7 without suffering any damage during Pakistan’s retaliation. He also criticized the international media for highlighting Pakistan’s strikes inside his country, saying there was no evidence that “even a glass pane was broken.”
Responding during his weekly news briefing, Foreign Office spokesperson Ambassador Shafqat Ali Khan, said, “The remarks of the Indian NSA are replete with distortions and misrepresentations”. “They not only reflect a deliberate attempt to mislead the public, but also violate the norms of responsible statecraft.”
“Boasting of military aggression against a sovereign nation is a grave breach of the United Nations Charter and established principles of international law,” he continued. He urged India to acknowledge the downing of six fighter jets including three Rafales, as well as the damage inflicted on Indian military targets instead of peddling “fictitious narratives.”
He said that glorification of a conflict did not benefit anyone, highlighting that the path to a lasting peace was in “dialogue, mutual respect and adherence to international law.”
