Pakistan has categorically denied Indian media reports claiming it requested a ceasefire after the recent hostilities with India.
In a statement issued on Friday, spokesman for the Foreign Office rejected the reports as “completely baseless” who claimed that Pakistan was responding to Indian aggression in accordance with his right to self -defense.
Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Senator Mohammad Ishaq Dar had in several media appearances that Pakistan’s military reaction was a direct reaction to Indian provocations.
The Foreign Office clarified that Pakistan at no time initiated or requested a ceasefire.
The spokesman detailed that the ceasefire was arranged through third-party diplomatic channels, specifically involved the United States and Saudi Arabia.
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According to the declaration, May 10, 2025 at 1 p.m. 8:15, called US Secretary of State Marco Rubio Senator Dar to convey that India was ready to ceasefire if Pakistan agreed.
Dar confirmed Pakistan’s agreement, after which the Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal also contacted him at about. 9.00 with a similar message and received the same confirmation.
The Foreign Office felt the Indian media reports as a “distortion of facts” and reiterated that Pakistan agreed on a ceasefire first after India’s will was conveyed through diplomatic channels.
Islamabad confirmed that its attitude was based on sovereignty and self -defense, and external relief helped to cease hostilities.
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India and its Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on the other hand, have consistently contradicted Washington and Islamabad by claiming that Kanhasning between India and Pakistan was due to direct communication between the two countries’ military, not third -party mediation.
The White House has not yet responded to India’s latest remarks.
