Making a veiled reference to its nuclear capability, Pakistan on Friday sought immediate defusing of tension at the loC saying “both countries are aware of each other’s capabilities” and war was not an option.
The Pakistani statement came after a meeting of the National Security Committee chaired by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif which said its earnest desire for normalising bilateral relations and defusing the situation should not be taken as a sign of weakness.Warning that any attempt to challenge its territorial integrity and sovereignty will be responded with full force, the meeting hoped that both countries would respect the ceasefire agreement of 2003 and maintain tranquillity on the border.
Without using the word nuclear, the committee said both countries are aware of each other’s capabilities and that war was not an option.“It is the shared responsibility of the leadership of both countries to immediately defuse the situation,” it said.Briefing the media after the meeting, Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan said Pakistan would not accept Indian “hegemony” on the border and was prepared to give a “befitting” reply to violation of ceasefire.