After Indian military leadership warned Islamabad on the first anniversary of Op Sindoor that 'no terror sanctuary across the border is beyond India's reach', Pakistan's Chief of Defence Forces Field Marshal Asim Munir on Sunday called last year's conflict with India a 'battle between two ideologies'.
Munir's Address at Rawalpindi Ceremony
Addressing a ceremony at General Headquarters in Rawalpindi to mark the first anniversary of 'Marka-e-Haq', the name given by Islamabad to the four-day conflict with India, Munir claimed that Pakistan's strategy was 'superior' to India's during the conflict. 'Marka-e-Haq was not merely a traditional war fought between two countries or militaries, but in reality, it was a decisive marka (battle) between two ideologies, in which, thanks to Allah, truth won and falsehood met with defeat,' he said.
Pakistan's Claims Despite Losses
Despite losing several air bases and military aircraft, Pakistan still claims to have prevailed over India during the conflict. The assertion comes amid ongoing tensions between the two nuclear-armed neighbors.
Civilian-Military Dynamics
In another tell-tale sign of the army's dominance over civilian leadership, Pakistani federal minister for energy Ali Pervaiz Malik, a close aide of premier Shehbaz Sharif, said, 'As an ordinary worker of the team led by PM Shehbaz Sharif and Field Marshal Asim Munir, I want to assure the public that as petroleum prices decline in the international market...' His remark drew ire on social media, highlighting the perceived subordination of civilian authority to military leadership.
