Armed forces fully prepared to respond to Indian aggression: ISPR

Army and air chiefs deliberate on ‘operational environment including threat and response’ at Air Headquarters

Amid relentless sabre-rattling from New Delhi, the military has once again said that Pakistan’s armed forces are fully prepared for a befitting response to any Indian aggression or misadventure.

The communique from Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) was issued after a meeting between army chief General Qamar Bajwa and air chief Anwar Mujahid Khan at the Air Headquarters in Islamabad on Monday.

COAS visited AHQ. COAS & CAS deliberated on operational environment including threat and response. Both Chiefs expressed satisfaction on readiness, coordination & synergy. Pak Armed Forces are fully prepared for a befitting response to any Indian aggression or misadventure, IA. pic.twitter.com/znNBliC0AX

— DG ISPR (@OfficialDGISPR) February 25, 2019

According to the military’s media wing, both the chief expressed satisfaction on readiness, coordination and synergy [between armed forces].



The ISPR statement comes a day after the air chief  vowed to defend the aerial frontiers of the country at all costs.

Separately, Gen Qamar visited the headquarters of the Rawalpindi Corps.

COAS visited Headquarters Rawalpindi Corps. Commander Rawalpindi Corps updated COAS on operational situation & state of readiness along Line of Actual Contact (LAC), Line of Control and Working Boundary (WB). COAS expressed satisfaction on the state of preparations & readiness. pic.twitter.com/OjOl0j9q4R

— DG ISPR (@OfficialDGISPR) February 25, 2019

He was briefed by the corps commander on the operational situation and state of readiness along the Line of Actual Contact, Line of Control and Working Boundary.

War frenzy has been sweeping across India even since a young man from Indian occupied Kashmir rammed a vehicle full of explosives into a military convoy in Pulwama, killing nearly four dozen soldiers on February 14.



Jaish-e-Muhammad militant group, which Delhi claims operates from Pakistan, purportedly claimed credit for the deadliest attack on Indian troops in IoK. Delhi put the blame squarely on the state of Pakistan, deployed its troops menacingly close to the border, and started issuing threats.

Though the Pulwama attack seemed to strike a nerve in India, with growing calls for ‘revenge’, defence analysts say India has few good military options.

Islamabad has offered India every possible help to investigate the attack and even held out an assurance that action would be taken if Delhi shared credible evidence of involvement of any group using Pakistan’s soil for attacks in mainland India.