DG ISPR Pakistan, Asim Bajwa has said that India’s claims of ‘surgical strikes’ is baseless. He was reported as saying, “India’s rebranding of cross-border fire as the surgical strike is a fabrication of the truth.” Pakistan has totally denied Indian claims of surgical strikes across the Line of Control (LoC). Asim Bajwa, Pakistan military’s media wing ISPR was quoted as saying, “India’s claims of surgical strikes are baseless. There has been no surgical strike by India, instead, there had been cross-border fire initiated and conducted by India which is an existential phenomenon.” He added, “As per rules of engagement same was strongly and befittingly responded by Pakistani troops.”
In a Facebook post in the Asim Bajwa’s official profile, it was written, “There has been no surgical strike by India,instead there had been cross-border fire initiated and conducted by India which is an existential phenomenon. As per rules of engagement, same was strongly and befittingly responded by Pakistani troops. The notion of surgical strike linked to alleged terrorist bases is an illusion being deliberately generated by Indian to create false effects. This quest by Indian establishment to create media hype by rebranding cross-border fire as the surgical strike is a fabrication of the truth. Pakistan has made it clear that if there is a surgical strike on Pakistani soil, same will be strongly responded.” Meanwhile, even Pakistan’s Defence Minister Khawaja Asif has said, “Indian claims of surgical strikes are a lie. There was an exchange of firing along the LoC which Pakistan Army responded to.”
Today, on September 29m Indian Army’s DGMO Lt Gen Ranbir Singh had told the media that India conducted surgical strikes on terrorist launch pads along the LOC in Pakistan on Wednesday night. This kind of a move by India, after a long observed policy of strategic restraint, has been hailed by security experts, politicians and citizens alike.