Inter-service Public Relations (ISPR) Director General Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry Described The Recent Tensions With India As More Than a Military Standoff, Calling It A “Battle of Truth” Waged Across Information, Diplomatic, and Strategic Fronts, in an interview with Al Jazeera.
The CEO ISPR criticized the Indian government and the media for spreading what he called false stories following the Phalgham incident, in which India alleged Pakistani involvement.
He rejected the idea that India can block Pakistan water as a “crazy thought”, observing that the six major rivers come from cashmere.
The CEO ISPR has reiterated that cashmere remains an international dispute, involving Pakistan, India and China, and should be resolved by United Nations resolutions and the will of the Kashmir people.
“Only a crazy person may think that India can stop Pakistan water. It is not possible to cut the water for 240 million people,” said the military spokesperson for the remarks of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Modi said Thursday that Pakistan would not get water from the water on which India had rights. The declaration made a month after a murderous attack in Indian illegally occupied the Jammu and the cashmere (iiojk) led New Delhi to suspend a key treaty for river water sharing between the neighbors.
DG ISPR stressed that six rivers come from the Kashmir region and that, within the framework of the United Nations resolutions, cashmere remains a disputed territory.
“If cashmere joins Pakistan, India becomes a lower resident state. It will then be our decision to manage waters,” he said.
DG ISPR added that Pakistan had not deployed the full force of its conventional forces, noting that many remain focused on anti -terrorist operations in Balutchistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where India is accused of sponsorship of activism.
“Pakistan has put India to present evidence to a neutral third party or to the international community, but they have not provided anything,” he said, adding that the New Delhi’s external affairs ministry recently admitted that the investigation was still underway.
The head of the ISPR has also denied recent allegations in the Indian media alleging a Pakistani involvement in an attack on the Golden Temple, calling the allegation “as large as possible”.
“We protect the Holy Sikhs sites. We honor Kartarpur Sahib and respect our Sikhs brothers. Our culture, our values and our religion prohibit attacks against religious or civilian targets. ”
The CEO ISPR said that the credibility of India was eroding due to internal repression, including internet closings and repressions on dissent.
“You cannot strengthen confidence by imprisoning journalists or by prohibiting thousands of websites. Has Pakistan imprisoned a single journalist during this conflict? Absolutely not,” he said.
The spokesman praised the coordination between the army, the Navy and the Air Force of Pakistan, as well as the unity with the political leadership and the public.
He underlined the performance of the Air Force during air commitments from May 6 to 7 as an example of professional excellence, citing JF-17 Thunder and J-10C fighter planes and the deployment of Fateh-1 missiles and Fateh-2 surface.
“This air campaign will be studied in military colleges for decades,” he said.
The global powers, including the United States, China, Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Water, include the serious risks of climbing between two nuclear nations.
“India plays with fire. We have exercised wisdom and restraint to avoid a wider conflict,” he said.
While a cease-fire is currently in place, Chaudhry has declared that true peace depends on the modification of his “political spirit obsessed with war” and on the end of what he described as a systemic oppression of minorities, including Muslims, Christians, Sikhs and Dalits.
“Such an oppression naturally causes reactions, which India refuses to contact,” he said.
He linked Hindutva ideology to an increase in inner extremism in India, arguing that external India his internal problems by blaming Pakistan.
The CEO ISPR has reaffirmed the Pakistan strategic alliance with China, describing it as several decades partnership based on mutual respect and regional stability.
