The Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) on Sunday vehemently criticised the Indian army chief for threat to wipe out Pakistan off world map and called it war hysteria and provocation, urging India to adopt the path of peaceful coexistence.
The Pakistan army’s media wing, in a statement, referred to comments made by the Indian Army Chief Upendra Dwivedi during a recent interview in which he said Pakistan should decide whether it wanted to remain “part of geography and history.”
Rejecting the “warmongering” rhetoric from Indian army chief, the ISPR said Pakistan was already an influential state on the global stage, a recognised nuclear power and an inseparable part of South Asia’s geography and history.
The ISPR said the statement reflected India’s continued inability to accept the existence of Pakistan even after more than seven decades, adding that such “jingoistic and shortsighted” thinking had repeatedly pushed the region towards conflict and instability.