{"id":8079,"date":"2025-05-22T00:25:06","date_gmt":"2025-05-22T00:25:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=8079"},"modified":"2025-05-22T00:25:06","modified_gmt":"2025-05-22T00:25:06","slug":"we-seek-peace-but-prepared-for-war-if-imposed-dg-ispr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=8079","title":{"rendered":"We seek peace but prepared for war if imposed: DG ISPR"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Director General Lt Gen Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry on Wednesday dismissed India&#8217;s claim of having issued a prior warning about its recent military actions, calling it &#8220;absurd&#8221; and reiterating that Pakistan does not rely on Indian intelligence for national security.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to the BBC, he revealed that India&#8217;s Director General of Military Operations (DGMO) had contacted Pakistan on May 7 to initiate dialogue amid escalating tensions.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We told them plainly that dialogue could only follow an appropriate response,&#8221; the DG ISPR stated. He added that following Pakistan&#8217;s retaliation, India&#8217;s military spokesperson publicly announced that New Delhi did not wish to escalate further.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We prioritise peace and love peace, but we are always ready for war, and if war is needed, then so be it,&#8221; the military&#8217;s spokesperson said.<\/p>\n<p>Lt Gen Chaudhry credited the restraint shown by Pakistan and recalled past examples, including US diplomatic intervention during the 2019 Pulwama attack. &#8220;External actors, too, want to avoid another South Asian war,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Calling India&#8217;s intelligence claims &#8220;fabricated&#8221;, he noted that Pakistani air defence systems detect intrusions instantly, especially when Indian drones breach its airspace. He further criticised the Indian state, accusing it of being &#8220;hijacked by a terrorist act&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;India keeps constructing false narratives to justify its actions every few years,&#8221; he said.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Director General Lt Gen Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry on Wednesday dismissed India&#8217;s claim of having issued a prior warning about its recent military actions, calling it &#8220;absurd&#8221; and reiterating that Pakistan does not rely on Indian intelligence for national security. Speaking to the BBC, he revealed that India&#8217;s Director General of Military [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8079","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8079","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8079"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8079\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8079"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8079"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8079"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}