Pakistan slams Rajnath Singh's terror response warning — SkimNews
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- Pakistan's Foreign Office on October 16, 2026 rejected Defence Minister Rajnath Singh's warning of a "stronger response" to future terror attacks from Pakistan, calling the remarks "reckless" and "provocative."
- Rajnath Singh, speaking at a defence conclave in Delhi on October 15, 2026, cited Operation Sindoor, Balakot airstrikes and surgical strikes as evidence of a decisive shift in India's response posture.
- Spokesperson Sajjad Haider Khan said Pakistan remained "fully prepared to safeguard its sovereignty and territorial integrity" and warned that Pakistan's "restraint and commitment to peace should not be mistaken for weakness."
- Pakistan's Foreign Office reiterated that India's August 5, 2019 revocation of Jammu and Kashmir's special status was "illegal and void."
- Deputy PM Ishaq Dar called on Afghan authorities to take "concrete, verifiable and irreversible action" against militant groups operating from Afghan soil against Pakistan.
- Pakistan condemned the latest Houthi attack targeting airports and oil facilities in Saudi Arabia, calling strikes on civilian populations and critical infrastructure "a grave threat to regional peace and security."
Why it matters: The exchange keeps the India-Pakistan rhetoric cycle spinning just over a year after Operation Sindoor, with both sides publicly drawing red lines — Pakistan over Singh's explicit threat of escalation and India over Kashmir. Singh's invocation of three named military operations signals Delhi is now openly packaging those strikes as doctrine rather than one-offs, raising the cost of any future incident for Pakistani decision-makers.
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