Islamabad: In response to a statement made by Indian army chief General Dalbir Singh who said the Indian army was prepared for “swift, short nature of future wars”, Pakistan army chief General Raheel Sharif has warned India of “unbearable damage” if India tried to impose a war.
“Let me reiterate that our armed forces stand fully capable to defeat all sorts of external aggression. If the enemy ever resorts to any misadventure, regardless of its size and scale – short or long – it will have to pay an unbearable cost,” he said in his address at a special event organised by army at its headquarters in Rawalpindi. “Armed forces of Pakistan are fully capable of dealing with all types of internal and external threats, may it be conventional or sub-conventional; whether it is cold start or hot start. We are ready.”
Promising to dismantle the entire networks of militants in the country, he said, “I reiterate the resolve that we shall not relent until all terrorists, their financiers, abettors, facilitators and sympathisers are brought to justice.” He also assured Afghanistan of support in creating peace and said that Pakistan made “concerted and sincere efforts for bringing peace in Afghanistan but certain inimical forces are bent upon undermining our efforts.”
Terming Kashmir as "unfinished agenda of partition", he said that it should be resolved according to UN resolution which calls for plebiscite to decide its future.
