Pakistan rejects Indian FM’s ‘highly inflammatory’ remarks about its armed forces: FO

Pakistan on Sunday rejected and condemned the “highly inflammatory, baseless and irresponsible comments” made by Indian External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar about Pakistan Armed Forces.

The Foreign Office said Ministry of Foreign Affairs Spokesperson Tahir Andrabi stated this in response to media queries regarding Jaishankar’s recent statement.

The development comes a day after the Indian foreign minister alleged that India’s core challenges with Pakistan stemmed straight from the latter’s military establishment.

“Pakistan is a responsible state and its all institutions, including armed forces, are a pillar of national security, dedicated to safeguarding the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the country,” said Andrabi.

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The FO spokesperson said the May 2025 conflict vividly demonstrated Pakistan armed forces’ professionalism as well as their resolve to defend the motherland and the people of Pakistan against any Indian aggression in a befitting, effective yet responsible manner. No amount of propaganda could belie this truth, he said.

Andrabi said the attempts by Indian leadership to defame Pakistan’s state institutions and its leadership are a part of propaganda campaign designed to distract the attention from India’s destabilising actions in the region and beyond as well as state-sponsored terrorism in Pakistan.

“Such incendiary rhetoric only exemplifies the extent of India’s disregard for amity, peace and stability in our region,” he maintained.

Moreover, he said instead of making misleading remarks about the armed forces of Pakistan, India must investigate the fascist and revisionist Hindutva ideology that has unleashed a reign of mob justice, lynching, arbitrary detentions and demolition of properties and places of worship. He added Indian state and leadership both have become hostage of this terror in the name of religion.

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“Pakistan believes in co-existence, dialogue and diplomacy. However, it stands united and resolute in its intent and ability to safeguard its interests and sovereignty,” he reaffirmed.