Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir on Sunday pledged a swift and strong response to any act of aggression against Pakistan.
He, while speaking to Daily Jang at a luncheon hosted for Jordan’s King Abdullah II ibn Al Hussein at the President’s House, raised his finger towards the sky, saying: “I did not lead Pakistan to victory, Allah did.”
“It is Allah’s special blessing that Pakistan’s enemy bit the dust in May. Pakistan’s Army is Allah’s Army, its soldiers fight in the name of Allah,” he added.
The May confrontation between the two neighbouring countries saw Pakistan downing seven Indian fighter jets, including three Rafale aircraft, after India’s unprovoked missile strikes on the night of May 5 and 6, which resulted in the martyrdom of several civilians and security personnel.
India’s strikes came after a terrorist attack on tourists in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir’s Pahalgam area, which resulted in the killing of 28 men.
New Delhi, without providing any concrete evidence, said the attack was backed by Pakistan, which denies its involvement.
Pakistan then targeted over 20 Indian military sites across multiple regions in a large-scale retaliatory strike, named “Operation Bunyan-um-Marsoos”.
The war between the two nuclear-armed nations ended on May 10 with a ceasefire agreement brokered by the United States.
This is a developing story and is being updated with further details.
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