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'Any Misadventure Will Have Painful Consequences': India Responds To Asim Munir's Nuclear Sabre-Rattling
MEA Spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal
In a sharp response to the nuclear sabre-rattling by Pakistan Army Chief General Asim Munir, India on Thursday (14 August) warned the Pakistani military and civilian leadership that any "misadventure" on their part will have "painful consequences".
Speaking at the weekly media briefing, Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal referenced reports regarding "war-mongering" by Pakistan against India.
"We have seen reports regarding continuing pattern of reckless warmongering and hateful comments of Pakistani leadership against India. It is well known modus operandii of the Pakistani leadership to whip up anti-India rhetoric time and again to hide their own failures. Pakistan would be well-advised to temper its rhetoric as any misadventure will have painful consequences, as was demonstrated recently," Jaiswal said.
India's response comes after remarks by Pakistan’s army chief, General Asim Munir, who, during a visit to the United States, issued a nuclear threat to India, declaring that Pakistan would “take half the world down” if confronted with an “existential threat” from its neighbour.
This marked the first recorded instance of nuclear threats being made from US soil against a third country.
The Pakistani army chief also warned of targeting India’s infrastructure along the Indus water channels, a move that could disrupt water flow to Pakistan.
He said that the Indus River is not “Indians’ family property” and criticised India’s decision to suspend the Indus Waters Treaty following the April Pahalgam terror attack, claiming the move could endanger 250 million people with potential starvation, NDTV reported.
"We will wait for India to build a dam, and when it does so, phir das missile sey faarigh kar dengey [we will destroy it with 10 missiles]...The Indus River is not the Indians' family property. Humein missilon ki kami nahin hai, al-hamdulillah [we have no shortage of missiles, Praise be to God]," Munir reportedly said.
