ISLAMABAD, Pakistan: Pakistan Air Force (PAF) has undertaken strikes across the Line of Control (LoC) from within Pakistani airspace.
In a press release issued on Wednesday, the Foreign Office in Islamabad said that this was not a retaliation to continued Indian belligerence. Therefore, Pakistan has taken strikes at non-military target, avoiding human loss and collateral damage.
The Foreign Office said that sole purpose being to demonstrate our right, will and capability for self defence.
“We have no intention of escalation but are fully prepared to do so if forced into that paradigm,” it said.
“That is why we undertook the action with clear warning and in broad daylight.”
The Foreign Office said that for the last few years, India has been trying to establish what they call “a new normal” a thinly veiled term for doing acts of aggression at whatever pretext they wish on a given day.
If India is striking at so called terrorist backers without a shred of evidence, we also retain reciprocal rights to retaliate against elements that enjoy Indian patronage while carrying out acts of terror in Pakistan,” the Foreign Office said.
“We do not wish to go to that route and wish that India gives peace a chance and to resolve issues like a mature democratic nation,” it said.
