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Khawaja Asif said that he “hopes India sees sense” and said many countries are trying to avert a war between the neighbours.
Pakistan Defence Minister Khawaja Asif said that chances of conflict with India are not decreasing. (IMAGE: X)
Pakistan’s Defence Minister Khawaja Asif believes that the chances of conflict with India were increasing with the passage of time despite efforts made by other countries to defuse the tensions between the neighbouring countries.
Asif was talking to the media outside the parliament when he was asked about the latest security situation to which he replied: “Chances (of conflict) are increasing with the passage of time; they are not decreasing. Though many countries have been trying to avert the situation”.
He also claimed that Pakistan would be able to give a suitable response in case they face an attack. “If there is a violation by India, we will respond and the nature of our response will be determined by the Indian action. There should be no doubt about our response,” he said.
Asif also said that may God help to avert the situation of conflict and hoped that “India sees sense”. “I do not want to speculate about the response by Pakistan but it will be bigger than Indian action,” he said.
The attack killed 26, a large section of the deceased being tourists. It also was one of the largest terror attacks following the abrogation of Article 370, which took away the constitutional status of Jammu and Kashmir.
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Islamabad, Pakistan
