Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif moots bizarre theory: '3 reasons why India won't initiate another attack'

Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, known for his contradictory statements, has come up with another bizarre statement about why "India will not initiate another attack against Pakistan".

 

Sharif, while attending a high tea hosted by Pakistan’s senior leadership on Monday for prominent media representatives at the Prime Minister's House, continued to claim Pakistan's victory in the recent conflict, making no mention of the damaged air bases. He then went on to praise China for its support, stating how "vital it was for Pakistan’s security as well as maintaining a balance of power in the region."

 

Sharif said the first reason was international support and transparency. He claimed Pakistan's commitment to the international investigation of the Pahalgam attack has garnered global backing though none of the countries, except its ally China and Islamic nations like Turkey and Azerbaijan, backed Islamabad. 

 

The second is the Trump factor,  according to Sharif. The Pakistan Prime Minister said he was confident Trump won’t let this great achievement [go to waste]. "Trump has proudly claimed credit for playing a decisive role in achieving the ceasefire, and this he sees as a big victory for himself. Trump is fundamentally a man of peace, not war," he added.

 

After India's precision attack left Pakistan's Nur Khan airbase in tatters, Islamabad approached the US seeking intervention. While US President Donald Trump's intervention was hailed by Pakistan for the same reason, India maintained its stance that it did not appreciate third-party intervention in the issue.

 

Even outlandish was his third argument where he accepted that India was an economic power while Pakistan was in tatters and could stand devastation. "With the economic progress India claims to have made, war would be a complete disaster for them. The destruction would be India’s to bear; we’re already in a struggling phase, so we’re prepared for any scenario," Sharif claimed. 

 

Sharif then went on to reiterate Pakistan's willingness to hold talks before embarking to highlight "recent domestic achievements", especially his "postless governance." All these when reports indicate that Pakistan's Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose 3.5% year-on-year in May, exceeding the Finance Ministry's 1.5% to 2% forecast.

 

Earlier the year, the International Monetary Fund has revised cash-strapped Pakistan's economic outlook, downgrading its projected gross-domestic-product growth for 2025 to 3%, down from 3.2%.

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