Pak Army to respond with full force to any aggression by India : DG ISPR.

Rawalpindi -- Director General Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) Major General Asif Ghafoor has said Pakistan Army, with the support of the nation, will respond with full force to any aggression by India.

"Do not test our resolve," he said while addressing India, stressing that the Pakistan Army will fully defend its 207 million people if and when required. Addressing a news conference in Rawalpindi on Monday, he said nuclear power is a weapon of deterrence; however, if aggression is carried out, Pakistan has the right to use any weapon in its defence.

He said that India has been speaking lies one after the other after the Pulwama incident, and all of them have been exposed. He said instead of reacting to Indian lies Pakistan behaved responsibly and presented facts, proving false Indian claims about the Indian airstrike in Balakot on February 26 and the subsequent developments.

He said Pakistan shot down two Indian aircraft on February 27, responding to Indian airstrike. He said India should keep it view while planning any aggression against Pakistan. He said Kashmir issue is linked with the ideology of Pakistan and every Pakistani is perturbed over Indian atrocities in occupied Kashmir. The DG ISPR said it is moral responsibility of Pakistan to continue supporting Kashmiris' struggle to achieve their birth right to self-determination.

He stated that Pakistan Army wanted to make every effort to resolve the issues faced by Pashtuns in tribals areas, but that the manner adopted by the Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM) to voice such grievances would no longer be tolerated. "We want to do everything for the people of tribal areas, but those who are playing in the hands of people, their time is up. Their time is up," Maj Gen Ghafoor said.

"But the instructions of the army chief will be fully followed. People will not face any sort of problem and neither will any unlawful path be adopted," he said, suggesting possible action the PTM. "Everything will be done lawfully."

The ISPR chief individually responded to the demands made by the PTM at its rallies and meetings. "When we took action against the TLP (Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan), people said that why is action not taken against PTM as they speak up too much as well.

"The first person to engage with them PTM was me. "I met with Mohsin Dawar, and they had three demands: They said that mines and unexploded bombs still exist in tribal areas. Their demand was genuine, we created 48 teams and 45 per...