Chief of Army Staff (Coas) Field Marshal Asim Munir has categorically rejected allegations of foreign support in Operation Bunyanum Marsoos against India and termed them ‘irresponsible and actually wrong’.
“Insinuations on external support in Operation Bunyanum Marsoos are irresponsible and actually incorrect. They reflect a chronic reluctance to recognize original capacity and institutional resilience developed over decades of strategic caution,” he said.
Last week, the Indian Deputy Berry chief LT -General Rahul Singh India admitted to the military defeat of the operation, which further complicated India’s already failed attempt to cover his humiliation.
The LT Gen Singh’s statement, which was made two months after the failure of the operation, included baseless accusations against Pakistan and claimed its success was the result of foreign support from China and Turkey.
However, security experts rejected these accusations, instead confirmed instead of Pakistan’s victory being achieved entirely through its own strength.
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According to Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), Field Marshal Munir made these comments, while spoke to Master’s programs for the National Security and War Course at National Defense University (NDU) in Islamabad on Monday.
Munir, who highlighted India’s failure in Operation Sindoor and Pakistan’s success in Operation Bunyanum Marsoos, noted that India’s inability to achieve his declared military goals during Operation Sindoor – and the subsequent attempt to rationalize this deficiency through intricate logic – Spreak’s volumes on its lack of operating preparedness and strategic description.
“Naming other states as participants in the purely bilateral military combustion is a dirty attempt to play camp policy and desperate test, that India remains the recipient of greater geopolitical competition as the so-called net security provider in a region still being threatened by its hegemonic and extremist Hindutva ideology,” he added.
In contrast, Munir said, “Pakistan has forged lasting partnerships based on principle diplomacy, rooted in mutual respect and peace and established himself as a stabilizing strength in the region.”
He reiterated Pakistan’s attitude and warned that “any misadventure or attempt to undermine the sovereignty of Pakistan or violate its territorial integrity will be reflexively fulfilled with a quick and resolute response – without limitations or inhibitions”.
“Any attempt to target our population centers, military bases, financial nodes or ports will immediately invoke a deeply hurt and more than mutual reaction,” Coas said.
Field Marshal Munir also stated that the onus of the escalation will be square on the “strategically blind, arrogant aggressor that does not recognize the serious consequences of such provocative acts against a superb nuclear state”.
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The COAs claimed that wars have not been won through medrianory, imported smart hardware or political sloganing, but through faith, professional competence, operational clarity, institutional strength and national determination.
Field Marshal Munir ended his speech by expressing confidence in professionalism, morality and combat readiness to Pakistan’s armed forces. He urged the candidates to remain steadfast in their values of integrity, selfless service and unshakable commitment to the nation.
According to the military’s media wing, the Field Marshal was warmly received by President of the NDU on arrival.
Coas also paid tribute to NDU’s role in strengthening civil-military synergy and care for future leadership capable of counteracting hybrid, conventional and subconventional threats of poise and determination.
Pakistan-India the recent conflict
The latest escalation between Pakistan and India began on April 22 when an attack in Pahagam killed 26 people. India immediately accused Pakistan of the incident. However, Pakistan categorically rejected the Indian guilt.
In response, India took on a number of hostile actions the next day of April 23, including the suspension of the 65-year-old Indus Waters Treaty (IWT), which canceled Visa for Pakistani citizens, closes the Wagah-Attari border transition, ordered the shutdown of Pakistan High Commission in New Delhi and the reduction of diplomatic staff at each other’s amount.
Tensions further escalated in the early hours of May 7, when missile strikes hit six cities in Punjab and Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK), destroy a mosque and kill dozens of civilians, including women, children and the elderly.
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In a rapid military reaction, Pakistan’s armed forces shot Indian war plane, including three Rafale jet aircraft. The confrontation intensified again in the early hours of May 10 when India targeted several Pakistani Airbases with missile attacks. In contrast, Pakistan Operation launched Bunyanum Marsoos, which damaged Indian military installations, including missile storage sites, airbases and other strategic goals.
Later, US President Donald Trump announced that a ceasefire had reached after an intense diplomatic effort overnight. Minutes later, the agreement was confirmed separately by Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar and the Indian Foreign Secretary.
