Indian aggression to be given proper response: Dastgir

ISLAMABAD: Defence Minister Khurram Dastgir said on Tuesday Pakistan will pay India in its own coin in case of any Indian misadventure.

In a press statement to answer allegations of Indian Defence Minister, the minister said any Indian aggression strategic miscalculation or misadventure regardless of its scale mode or location will not go unpunished and shall be met with an equal and proportionate response.

He said they will defend robustly every inch of Pakistan’s soil. He said instead of blaming Pakistan without substantiation, India must answer for state-sponsored espionage against Pakistan. Living evidence in person of Kulbhushan Yadav is in front of the world, he said.

The defence minister said India has failed to deliver justice to 42 Pakistanis murdered in the Samjhota Express terrorism eleven years ago this week. He added India is destabilising regional peace in word and deed through irresponsible statements on nuclear deterrent and through its bloody escalation in 2017 of attacks on unarmed civilians on the line of control and working boundary.

Khurram Dastgir said Pak Armed Forces are alive to all possibilities and prepared fully to defend our country’s territorial integrity. Backed fully by the Pakistani people our forces are vigilant on land, sea and air, he added.