Islamabad: The Pakistan military has slammed India for attempting to “mould history to its liking by inventing outlandish, Bollywood-style scripts” following the May conflict between the two countries.
According to Kashmir Media Service, apparently reacting to recent remarks by Indian Army’s Director General Military Operations (DGMO) Lt Gen Rajiv Ghai, who claimed heavy Pakistani losses during “Operation Sindoor”, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said: “Evidently, the Indian leadership is attempting to mould history to its liking by inventing outlandish, Bollywood-style scripts”.
“It appears that [the] Indian army and the political leadership have not been able to reconcile with the idea that they have been decisively beaten in Marka-i-Haq, and that their falsehoods have been fully exposed,” it added. The ISPR noted with grave concern that five months after the May conflict, “in the run-up to elections in Bihar and West Bengal, Indian military leadership has started parroting the same delusional, fabricated and provocative propaganda that they regurgitate before every state election in India”.
“It is saddening to see the military leadership of a nuclear-armed country issuing irresponsible statements under immense political pressure. The lies being fed to the Indian public and international audience have turned the Indian military machine into a laughing stock,” the statement said. It cautioned that such unwarranted statements might initiate a cycle of jingoism and lead to serious consequences for peace and stability in South Asia.
The ISPR asserted that the world now recognised India as the “true face of cross-border terrorism and the epicentre of regional instability, bent upon adventurism and hegemonism to the detriment of its people and its neighbours”.
It stressed that the “Indian armed forces and its political masters must realise that Pakistan’s people and its armed forces are fully capable and committed to defend every inch of our territory with full resolve”. “Every act of aggression will be dealt with a swift, resolute and intense response that will be remembered by posterity,” it said.
