India-Pakistan conflict threshold lowest ever; we are all a lot less safe, claims Bilawal Bhutto Zardari

Pakistan's former foreign minister and chairman of the Pakistan People’s Party Bilawal Bhutto Zardari claimed that the threshold of a full-out military conflict between India and Pakistan has been drastically lowered. 

 

Speaking to New York Post, Bilawal, who is leading a nine-member group to present the world with Pakistan's side of the recent military stand-off with India, said, "We are all a lot less safe as a result of this conflict than we were before."

 

According to him, the threshold of full-out military conflict between the two countries is "the lowest it has been in our history."

 

He further reiterated Pakistan's stand that Islamabad is ready for an "impartial international inquiry" into the Pahalgam terror attack on April 22 which left 26 civilians dead, saying Pakistan is confident that the country had no role in the attack. 

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Tensions between India and Pakistan escalated after the terror attack, with India carrying out precision strikes on terror outfits in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir in the early hours of May 7. Pakistan reacted by trying to target Indian military bases on May 8, 9, and 10, prompting the Indian side to respond strongly by inflicting heavy damage to a number of key Pakistani military installations, including air bases, air defence systems, command and control centres and radar sites.

 

Continuing his usual rhetoric, Bilawal alleged that If there is a "terrorist attack" anywhere in India "it immediately means war, and the law of reciprocation means, therefore, if there's a terrorist attack in Pakistan, we are also to also treat it as an at of war."

 

Bilawal thanked the US for helping to "achieve ceasefire" and further sought the country's assistance to ensure peace through dialogue and diplomacy.

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