Director General of Inter-Services Public Relations (DG ISPR) Lt Gen Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry said on Thursday that the Indian narrative of painting Pakistan as a source of terrorism had been “buried forever.” Addressing a press conference alongside Deputy Chief of Naval Staff (Operations) Rear Admiral Shifaat Ali Khan and Deputy Chief of Air Staff (Projects) Air Vice Marshal Tariq Mahmood Ghazi to mark one year of Marka-e-Haq, the DG ISPR shared details of the strategic consequences of the operation.

He said the Indian narrative of painting Pakistan as a source of terrorism had been buried forever, as the international community now fully understands that Pakistan is not a perpetrator but a victim of Indian-sponsored terrorism. “For decades, India tried to create a narrative that Pakistan was involved in terrorism in India without presenting evidence,” he said.

The second strategic consequence, the DG ISPR said, is the consolidation of Pakistan as a net security stabilizer in the region, in line with the vision of the founding father, Muhammad Ali Jinnah, that Pakistan is a peace-loving country seeking peace within and beyond its borders. During Marka-e-Haq, he said, everyone witnessed who was controlling the escalation, how dangerously India escalated based on a lie and fabricated narrative, and how maturely Pakistan and its armed forces handled the situation.

The third strategic consequence is “unfortunately” related to the eastern neighbour, that is, the politicization of Indian military leadership and the militarization of Indian political leadership, Lt Gen Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry said. He noted that India once had a professional army, but that within a year it had unfortunately become politicised. He said that there were 10 strategic consequences of Marka-e-Haq, the first of which was that the Indian narrative of painting Pakistan as a source of terrorism stood buried.

He said that the second consequence was the consolidation of Pakistan as the net security stabiliser in the region. He said that Marka-e-Haq showed who was controlling and dominating the escalation, adding that India escalated the conflict based on a lie. The DG ISPR said the “biggest ambassador of security in the region” was Pakistan and its leadership.

Coming to the third strategic consequence of Marka-i-Haq, he said it was related to “our eastern neighbour, unfortunately”, saying it was the “politicisation of Indian military leadership and militarisation of Indian political leadership.” “This is what’s happening over there”, he said, adding that India’s military, which used to be professional, had “unfortunately been politicised”.

Credit: Independent News Pakistan (INP)