{"id":75109,"date":"2025-05-21T19:06:32","date_gmt":"2025-05-21T14:06:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=75109"},"modified":"2025-05-21T19:06:32","modified_gmt":"2025-05-21T14:06:32","slug":"pakistan-ready-to-respond-if-india-chooses-war-dg-ispr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/pakistan-ready-to-respond-if-india-chooses-war-dg-ispr\/","title":{"rendered":"Pakistan ready to respond if India chooses war: DG ISPR"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>RAWALPINDI: Director General Inter-Services Public Relations (<a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/indias-water-blockade-would-have-long-lasting-impact-warns-dg-ispr\/\">DG ISPR<\/a>) Lieutenant General Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry has made it clear in no uncertain terms that the fundamental dispute between Pakistan and India remains unresolved.<\/p>\n<p>In a bold statement during an interview with the BBC, he said that if India wants war, Pakistan is fully prepared to respond.<\/p>\n<p>The DG ISPR asserted that we love peace and always prefer it. \u201cBut if India wants war, let it happen, we are ready.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He said that Pakistan has responded with maturity in recent days, showing restraint and responsibility. However, he warned that India\u2019s aggressive rhetoric could be a tactic to influence its internal political dynamics. He added that \u201cIndia often fabricates small stories every few years for its own domestic use.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lt Gen Chaudhry also made it clear that matters of politics and diplomacy do not fall under the purview of the Pakistan Army, pointing to a principled institutional boundary.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe fundamental problem still exists,\u201d he warned. \u201cAny moment a spark can ignite the situation, India is acting arrogantly.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The DG ISPR\u2019s remarks come at a time of rising tensions in the region, reflecting Pakistan\u2019s stance that as long as it is committed to peace, it will not hesitate to defend its sovereignty in the event of provocation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>RAWALPINDI: Director General Inter-Services Public Relations (DG ISPR) Lieutenant General Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry has made it clear in no uncertain terms that the fundamental dispute between Pakistan and India remains unresolved. In a bold statement during an interview with the BBC, he said that if India wants war, Pakistan is fully prepared to respond. The [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":74765,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[4487,457,111],"class_list":["post-75109","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pakistan","tag-dg-ispr","tag-ispr","tag-pak-army"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75109","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=75109"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75109\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":75110,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75109\/revisions\/75110"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/74765"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=75109"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=75109"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=75109"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}