ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Foreign Office issued a statement after a ceasefire with India, stated that the retaliatory actions was taken over the violation of its territorial integrity.
“Pakistan and India have agreed to reach a ceasefire understanding. However, it is important to put the relevant developments in the right perspective,” the statement said.
It read that in response to the firing of Brahmos missiles over several locations across the international border, Pakistan was constrained to retaliate to the unprovoked and unlawful Indian aggression in exercise of its right to self-defence under Article 51 of the UN Charter.
“Accordingly, Pakistan launched Operation Bunyan-ul-Marsoos early today (Saturday). Without a shred of evidence, and disregarding Pakistan’s offer for a neutral, transparent and credible investigation by international investigators, India launched multiple strikes during the nights of 7-10 May 2025 which caused loss of innocent lives including women, children and the elderly.”
The Foreign Office said that these indiscriminate attacks seriously injured dozens, in addition to causing damage to infrastructure, including places of worship.
“As if the dastardly aggression during the intervening night of 6 and 7 May, breach of Pakistan’s sovereign airspace through firing of missiles and killer drones, and consequent human and material losses were already not grave enough, India further endangered the regional peace and stability by sending additional waves of killer drones in large numbers across the length and breadth of Pakistan, including the Federal Capital.”
According to the Foreign Office, the killer drones or loitering munitions and missiles struck multiple civilian and military assets, inflicting further human and material losses and caused a great sense of insecurity among the Pakistani people, leading to heightened public demand for an immediate response in self-defence.
According to the statement, multiple missiles were fired by India, targeting Pakistani air bases. Despite facing blatant Indian aggression and persistent provocations, Pakistan exercised great restraint. However, it was constrained to respond to ensure the safety and security of its people.
Notwithstanding the incessant provocations, the response deliberately avoided civilian casualties and was precise, proportionate, minutely calibrated, and manifestly restrained. Only those entities and facilities were targeted which planned, coordinated, and executed blatant aggression against Pakistan and the cold-blooded killing of its innocent civilians.
The statement noted that these targets included Indian airbases from where Pakistani airbases were subjected to unprovoked missile attacks. Irrefutable evidence in this regard has already been shared with the international community.
According to the statement, this dangerous conflagration between two nuclear-armed states calls for deeper introspection and a holistic appraisal by the international community. Far from being a matter of deep-rooted historic differences between the two neighboring states in the volatile region of South Asia, the conflict ought to be seen in the broader context of competing geopolitical interests.
“The negative impact of this competition has been a constant variable of the regional security paradigm. Hence, any casus belli of the conflict, contrived or actual, cannot be lumped onto any country without due understanding of the genesis and root causes of the problems leading to frequent regional conflicts which the region and the world can ill afford.”
The statement emphasized that strategic instability in South Asia is a result of the unresolved Jammu and Kashmir dispute. This dispute has been aggravated by Indian suppression of the legitimate struggle of Kashmiris for the inalienable right to self-determination and falsely equating it with terrorism. The scourge of terrorism and extremism is not intrinsic to South Asia.
