ISLAMABAD: The military on Sunday warned that any attempt to target Pakistan could trigger consequences that would neither remain geographically confined nor prove strategically or politically palatable for India.
In a statement issued in response to recent remarks by Indian Army Chief Gen Upendra Dwivedi, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) rejected what it described as “delusional and hallucinational” notions prevailing in Hindutva-led India.
Gen Dwivedi had reportedly said that “Pakistan should decide if it desired to be part of geography and history”.
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Reacting sharply to the remarks, the military’s media wing said Pakistan was already a globally significant country, a declared nuclear power and an indelible part of South Asia’s geography and history.
The ISPR stated that the comments reflected the Indian leadership’s failure to reconcile with the very idea of Pakistan despite the passage of eight decades.
It said such a “hubristic, jingoistic and myopic mindset” had repeatedly pushed South Asia towards wars and crises.
“Threatening a sovereign nuclear state with elimination from ‘geography’ is neither strategic signalling nor brinkmanship,” the statement said, adding that such rhetoric instead reflected “bankruptcy of cognitive capacities, madness and warmongering”.
The military’s media wing further said India was fully aware that any attempt at “geographic obliteration” would be mutual and comprehensive in nature.
The ISPR maintained that responsible nuclear states demonstrated restraint, maturity and strategic sobriety rather than resorting to the language of “civilisational supremacy or national erasure”.
It also accused India of ignoring what it described as its “historically documented record” of regional destabilisation, sponsorship of terrorism, involvement in transnational assassinations and the running of global disinformation campaigns.
According to the statement, New Delhi’s aggressive posture stemmed less from confidence and more from frustration over its inability to harm Pakistan, which the ISPR insisted had been exposed during Marka-e-Haq, last year in May.
Warning India against pushing South Asia towards another crisis or war, the military’s media wing said the consequences would be devastating for the entire region and beyond.
The statement added that India needed to reconcile itself with Pakistan’s significance and learn to coexist peacefully with it.
Copyright Business Recorder, 2026
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