The Foreign Office on Sunday rejected and condemned Indian External Affairs Minister Jaishankar’s “highly inflammatory, baseless, and irresponsible comments” against the Pakistan Army, declaring them part of a propaganda campaign aimed at distracting global attention away from Delhi’s destabilizing actions.
In an interview with NDTV, the Indian foreign minister alleged that many of Delhi’s problems with Islamabad “emanated from the Pakistan Army.” The “ideological hostility” toward India stems from the Pakistan Army, he alleged.
Responding to media queries about the remarks, the Foreign Office emphasized that Pakistan remains a responsible state and all its institutions, including the armed forces, are committed to protecting the country’s sovereignty and territorial integrity. “The May 2025 conflict vividly demonstrated Pakistan armed forces’ professionalism as well as their resolve to defend the motherland and the people of Pakistan against any Indian aggression in a befitting, effective yet responsible manner,” it said.
“No amount of propaganda can belie this truth,” it continued, declaring the commentary part of a larger propaganda campaign designed to defame Pakistan’s state institutions and its leadership and distract global attention from New Delhi’s destabilizing actions in the region and beyond, as well as state-sponsored terrorism in Pakistan.
“Such incendiary rhetoric only exemplifies the extent of India’s disregard for amity, peace, and stability in our region,” it said.
The statement advised India to investigate the fascist and revisionist Hindutva ideology that has unleashed a reign of mob justice, lynchings, arbitrary detentions, and demolition of properties and places of worship rather than issue misleading remarks about the armed forces of Pakistan. “Indian state and leadership both have become hostages of this terror in the name of religion,” it said.
“Pakistan believes in coexistence, dialogue and diplomacy,” it said. “However, it stands united and resolute in its intent and ability to safeguard its interests and sovereignty,” it added.