Pakistan's Asim Munir continues warmongering, rattles nuclear sabre second time in two months

Pakistan’s Army Chief Field Marshal Asim Munir once again resorted to war-mongering tactics against India after he said that Islamabad would “respond much beyond the expectations of the initiators”. Munir on Saturday warned India against any “fresh wave of hostilities”. He went on to underline that there was “no space for war in a nuclearised environment”.

The remark from Munir came during his address to the cadets at the Pakistan Military Academy (PMA) in Kakul in Abbottabad, the land where the United States found Osama Bin Laden in hiding. In his provocative speech, Munir asked India to settle core issues with Pakistan, The Indian Express reported.

“We will never be intimidated nor coerced by your rhetoric and shall respond decisively, beyond proportion, to even a minor provocation without any qualms. The onus of ensuing escalations, one that may ultimately bear catastrophic consequences for the entire region and beyond, will squarely lie with India," Munir averred.

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It is pertinent to note that this is the second time in the past two months that the Pakistani army chief has issued a nuclear threat to India. In an address to the Pakistani diaspora in Tampa, Munir was quoted as saying, “We are a nuclear nation. If we think we are going down, we will take half the world down with us.”

In recent times, Munir has made three official trips to the United States. The first was in June when he met US President Donald Trump, weeks after Operation Sindoor. The second came in August, when he attended the retirement ceremony of the US Central Command commander. Finally, the third one was in September when he met Trump again at the White House, along with Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, who was there to attend the UN General Assembly session.

It is pertinent to note that the Pahalgam terror attack in April, which led to Operation Sindoor, came a week after Munir described Kashmir as Islamabad’s “jugular vein”. He went on to draw a distinction between the people of India and Pakistan on religious lines. “Our religions are different, our customs are different, our traditions are different, our thoughts are different, our ambitions are different… We are two nations, we are not one nation,” Munir said.

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At that time, his remarks drew sharp criticism from India. “How can anything foreign be in a jugular vein? This is a Union Territory of India. Its only relationship with Pakistan is the vacation of illegally occupied territories by that country,” the Ministry of External Affairs said.