“India’s Jaishankar did not inform Pakistan before military strikes,” says DPM Ishaq Dar
A Pakistan Ranger stands guard at the Pakistan-India joint check post at Wagah border, near Lahore, on May 14, 2025. — Reuters
- Ishaq Dar says India’s narrative was a total farce.
- “India failed to link Pakistan with the terror attack.”
- FM Dar says not a single F-16 was airborne.
ISLAMABAD: Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar has stated that the ceasefire between Pakistan and India is a nonstop operation, and the administrators of widespread army operations (DGMOs) from both sides frequently communicate for de-escalation and demobilisation.
Speaking on Geo News’ programme “Naya Pakistan” on Sunday, Dar stated that the DGMOs had mentioned the state of affairs on May 10, 12, and 14 and were scheduled to interact again on May 18. He became quite certain that the DGMOs could have engaged once more.
The overseas minister stated his Indian counterpart, S Jaishankar, had not formally intimated Pakistan previous to the military moves.
Jaishankar informed journalists last week that India had explicitly knowledgeable Pakistan that the moves were “focused totally on terrorist infrastructure, not military installations.”
“We gave Pakistan the option to stay a silent bystander and not intervene, but they selected to ignore this prudent advice,” he said.
‘Punch’
Meanwhile, Dar said India’s narrative was a total farce because it didn’t furnish evidence linking the Pahalgam “terrorist” assault to Pakistan.
To a question, he stated India’s declaration of shooting down an F-16 fighter turned out to be an outright lie, as not a single F-16 became airborne.
“Our brave defense force gave a measured and brutal reaction to India both within the air and on the ground, for which we’re humbly thankful to Allah Almighty,” he said.
“Some countries warned us that India would ‘punch’ us in reaction to the Pahalgam incident. Our reaction became that if India dared to assault us, we might also land India a punch,” the foreign minister said.
“After May 7, many nations requested us to exercise restraint; however, the night of May nine exacerbated our endurance. We told some of the international locations we have been in touch with that we have not, to this point, responded to the Indian aggression,” the overseas minister said.
“And they authenticated our declaration that we had not centered any in their army installations. We had dedicated ourselves to the global community that we won’t strike first.”
‘No expiry date’ of ceasefire
On Sunday, the Indian army said there has been “no expiry date” to the understanding reached between the DGMOs on cessation of hostilities nearly every week back, The News said.
The rationalization came following reviews that the arrangement between the 2 militaries on stopping the hostilities ended on Sunday night.
On May 12, the DGMOs decided to maintain the expertise of halting all military actions. The association was originally reached for two days when the DGMOs held a communication over the hotline on May 10.
“As far as continuation of damage in hostilities, as decided in DGMOs interaction of May 12, is involved, there is no expiry date to it,” the Indian Army stated in a short clarification.