Inter-Services Public Relations on Sunday warned that any attempt to target Pakistan could trigger consequences that would not remain geographically limited and would be neither strategically nor politically acceptable for India.
The statement came in response to recent remarks by Indian Army Chief Upendra Dwivedi, who said that “Pakistan should decide if it desired to be part of geography and history.”
Rejecting the comments, the ISPR said that contrary to what it described as the “delusional and hallucinational belief system” prevailing in Hindutva-led India, Pakistan is already a globally significant country, a declared nuclear power, and an inseparable part of South Asia’s geography and history.
The military’s media wing said the remarks reflected that the Indian leadership had neither come to terms with the existence of Pakistan nor learned lessons despite eight decades having passed.
According to the ISPR, such a “hubristic, jingoistic and myopic mindset” has repeatedly pushed South Asia toward conflict and instability.
The statement added that threatening a sovereign nuclear state with elimination from “geography” does not represent strategic signalling or brinkmanship, but rather indicates “bankruptcy of cognitive capacities, madness, and warmongering.”
It further said India is fully aware that any attempt at geographic obliteration would be mutual and catastrophic in nature.
The ISPR emphasised that responsible nuclear states demonstrate restraint, maturity, and strategic sobriety instead of using language of “civilisational supremacy” or “national erasure.”
The statement also accused the Indian narrative of ignoring what it called India’s “historically documented record” of regional instability, terrorism sponsorship, transnational assassinations, and global disinformation campaigns.
It said New Delhi’s aggressive posture stems more from frustration over its inability to harm Pakistan, which it claimed was exposed during Marka-e-Haq.
The ISPR warned the Indian leadership against pushing South Asia toward another crisis or war, saying the consequences would be devastating for the entire region and beyond, and stressed the need for peaceful coexistence and acceptance of Pakistan’s enduring significance.
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