Islamabad:
Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Director General LT Gen Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry has warned India against arms water and says it could free up consequences that are repeating for generations as New Delhi threatens to stop the flow of Indus river water in the midst of rising tension.
In a conversation with Arab news, DG Ispr LT Gen Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry warned that any step from India to block Pakistan’s water would cross a red line.
“It’s a madman who might think he can stop water at 240 million plus people in this country,” he said.
“I hope that time will not come, but it will be such actions that the world will see and the consequences of what we will fight for years and decades to come. No one dares to stop water in Pakistan.”
The sharp remarks come in the wake of India’s unilateral suspension of the decades old Indus Waters Treaty last month following a deadly attack on tourists in Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK), which New Delhi accused of Pakistan-demands, Islamabad has categorically refused.
Since then, the region has again been pushed to the brim. At the beginning of May, India launched a barrier of cross -border strikes, not only across the control line (LOC), but also to Pakistan’s mainland and claimed it was targeted at militant hiding places.
Pakistan hit back and targeted 26 Indian military sites before a US-broken ceasefire brought operations to stop on May 10th.
However, the Role has been fragile. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s statement this week that India would cut off industry waters flowing into Pakistan has resumed fear of escalation. For Islamabad, such a trait is tantamount to a war of war.
Despite the ceasefire, DG ISPR maintained that Pakistan remains obliged to peace, but with his eyes far open.
“Pakistan armed forces are a professional armed forces and we comply with the obligations we make, and we follow in the letter and spirit the instructions of the political government and the obligations they have,” he said.
“As far as the Pakistani army is concerned, this ceasefire will easily hold and there has been confidence to build measures in the communication between both sides,” he added.
Since the ceasefire, both nations have accused each other of ceasefire violations, a well -known back and forth that risks tilting the balance once again. Chaudhry emphasized that Pakistan’s response has been proportionate and accurate.
“If any violation occurs, our answer is always there … But it is only aimed at these positions and the attitudes from which the violation of the ceasefire happens. We are never targeted at civilians. We are never targeted at any civil infrastructure.”
DG ISPR revealed that India lost six aircraft, including French-built Rafales and a Mirage 2000, as well as a valued Russian-made S-400 air defense system during the four-day exchange.
Previous reports had posted the number of five, but Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif confirmed the sixth loss this week.
“I can confirm that the sixth aircraft is a Mirage 2000,” said LT Gen Chaudhry. “We only targeted the plane … We could have taken out more, but we showed restraint,” he noted.
Looking ahead, Chaudhry warned that the spectrum of renewed conflict will continue to haunt the region unless the core problem – Kashmir – is treated Head -on.
“Their policy for Kashmir doesn’t work,” he said. “Until the time Indians do not sit and talk about Kashmir, then (as) two countries we sit and we find a solution to what the potential of conflict is there.”
‘Peace is our first priority’
Separately, in a fixed riposte for regional misconceptions, DG Ispr said Pakistan is not a belligerent actor, but a country that appreciates peace all over.
“We are not a violent nation, we are a serious nation. Our first priority is peace,” Lt Gen Gen Chaudhry told RT Arabic in an interview reported by PTV News.
“Big and sensible powers like the United States better understand what the spirit of Pakistan’s people is,” he added.
LT Gen Chaudhry, who peeled the layers of the ceasefire negotiations in the wake of Pakistan’s retaliatory operation Bunyan-un-Marsoos, revealed that the initial call for a ceasefire came from the Indian side.
According to him, the spokesman of the Defense Ministry of India had “personally requested a ceasefire”.
“We want peace and stability, so we said, why not?” He was quoted as saying by PTV News.
Recognizing the diplomatic leg work behind the agreement, the military spokesman praised the role of Pakistani diplomats who rose to the apartment with “great wisdom and in an extraordinary way”.
“Pakistan, with great maturity, responded immediately, firmly and effectively, forcing the enemy to meet reality,” he claimed, referring to the drainage of five Indian air rays in return for India’s deadly air strikes at night on 6-7.
“The nation and Pakistan -armed forces were united as an unknown wall,” he said.
By telling the excited events on 9-10. May LT Gen Gen Chaudhry described how the conflict approached a boiling point as both sides dealt with a strength exhibition. He said India fired several missiles overnight in an attempt to scare Pakistan but underestimated the country’s determination.
“The enemy fired several missiles on the night of 9th and 10th of May to scare us. India forgot that Pakistan’s nation and its powers neither bend nor be done to bow. On the morning of May 10, we only responded and targeted their military goals with the greatest responsibility and caution,” he said.
“Not a single civilian goal was hurt; it was an appropriate, fair and balanced reaction,” he emphasized.
‘India rejected logically neutral probe’
As he turned to the origin of the conflict, DG Ispr emphasized that understanding the full context of Pakistan-India stresses requires to investigate the broader background.
“India is hiding behind a false tale to hide the truth,” he said, referring to the Pahagam incident. He pointed out that while Indian media began to accuse Pakistan within minutes of the event, their own foreign office admitted two days later that investigations were still underway.
“Where is the wisdom of making accusations without investigation and evidence?” He asked.
LT Gen Chaudhry emphasized that the Pakistani government had taken a principled attitude by offering to cooperate with a neutral and impartial investigation, a proposal that was dismissed by New Delhi.
“India rejected this logical offering and fired unilaterally missiles against our mosques, martyrors of children, women and elders,” he said.
The ISPR chief, who confirms the military’s unshakable commitment, emphasized that defending the nation’s territorial integrity remains a sacred confidence.
“The sacred responsibility entrusted with the Pakistani armed forces is to protect the sovereignty and borders of the country,” he said, adding that the forces had fulfilled this duty and would “continue to do so at all costs.”
DG ISPR also repeated many years of concerns about India’s alleged role in destabilizing Pakistan through hidden support for terrorism.
“India is the real sponsor of the ongoing terrorism in Pakistan, whether Khawarij or terrorist groups active in Balochistan,” he said explicitly to the forbidden Tehreek-E-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), also known as Fitna Al Khawarij.