SILAKOT: Defence Minister Khawaja Asif on Saturday warned India against attacking Pakistan again, saying in the event of repeat of its aggression, Pakistan’s response would be stronger.
Speaking at a ceremony in Sialkot, he said the way Pakistan downed several Indian fighter jets, it appeared as if they were not planes, but kites.
He further said that 10 Indian jets were on Pakistan’s radar. “We will shoot them down in case there is again an encounter between the two countries.”
Asif said that Pakistan’s armed forces’ personnel gave sacrifices in the war against India.
He opined that whatever differences which existed between different segments of the Pakistani society disappeared once the war started.
The minister said that after suffering defeat at the hands of Pakistani forces, India was now trying to foment unrest in the country’s areas bordering Afghanistan. “But I want to tell India. Our triumph on the western front will be more emphatic.”
Asserting that the country’s armed forces fought bravely, he went on to say that the future generations would take pride on operation ‘Bunyanun Marsoos’.
“Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif led the nation from the front and assured the armed forces that the civilian government stood by them.”
Asif said it was after lots of sacrifices that Pakistan came into being. “I appeal to teachers to acquaint the young generation with our history so that they could know how the nation got united under the leadership of Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah,” he said, adding, “Those nations which forget their history lose their identity.”
