Accusations by India army chief pretext for false flag operation: ISPR

Maj Gen Ghafoor says Pakistan Army prepared to respond to any misadventure regardless of cost

The Army on Tuesday said accusations by the Indian army chief of an alleged terror camp and infiltrations from Pakistan are a pretext for a false flag operation against Islamabad.

The military's spokesperson, Major General Asif Ghafoor, reiterated that the nation's armed forces were fully prepared to respond to any aggression or misadventure by Indian forces.

"Pak Armed Forces are fully prepared to respond to any aggression misadventure regardless of cost."

Terming Indian army chief Bipin Rawat's statement irresponsible, the spokesperson added that such acts are an expression of frustration due to New Delhi's failure in occupied Kashmir.

Irresponsible statements by Indian military commanders particularly about AJ&K are expression of their frustration due to their failure to handle situation in IOJ&K and attempts to divert world’s attention from Indian state terrorism and siege of IOJ&K.

— DG ISPR (@OfficialDGISPR) September 24, 2019

The ISPR further said that these allegations are New Delhi's attempt to divert the world's attention from Indian state terrorism and the lockdown in occupied Kashmir.

Accusations of infiltration/presence of alleged terrorists camps are pretext for a false flag operation/misadventure which if tried shall have serious consequences for regional peace.Pak Armed Forces are fully prepared to respond to any aggression/misadventure regardless of cost.

— DG ISPR (@OfficialDGISPR) September 24, 2019

Pakistan rejects Indian army chief's claims of 'reactivating terror camp'

The Indian army chief – in another irresponsible statement – had alleged a day earlier that a “terror camp in Balakot had been reactivated and 500 militants were waiting to infiltrate India”.

Foreign Office spokesperson Mohammad Faisal rebutted the statement as baseless and added that New Delhi’s allegations of infiltration from Pakistan were a desperate attempt to divert international attention from the humanitarian nightmare in occupied Kashmir.

Responding to a question, Faisal said India would neither succeed in misleading the world through distracting tactics nor be able to hide its “unabated state-sponsored terrorism in the occupied Himalayan valley.