Pakistan Army Chief Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir has threatened Indian billionaire Mukesh Ambani during his ongoing visit to the US. Munir spoke about a social media post he authorised during the recent 4-day conflict with India,
The Print reported. The tweet included a verse from Surah Fil and a photo of the Reliance Industries chairman “to show them what we will do the next time.” The verse describes God’s punishment against an enemy force, a veiled metaphor, for what Munir said Pakistan would do ‘next time’ in a conflict with India.
Munir’s remarks came during a closed-door dinner with members of the Pakistani diaspora in Tampa, Florida. Speaking about a social media post aimed at India’s business elite, Munir said, “Ek tweet karwaya tha with Surah Fil and a picture of [industrialist] Mukesh Ambani to show them what we will do the next time.”
Munir also said Pakistan will destroy the dam if India builds on the Indus River. He added that Islamabad will defend its water rights ‘at all costs’ if India proceeds with dam construction on the Indus River.
The Pak Army Chief repeated his anti-India rhetoric, describing Kashmir as Pakistan’s ‘jugular vein’ stating that it is not India’s internal matter but an unresolved international issue, Pakistan-based media outlet ARY News reported on Monday.
“We will wait for India to build a dam, and when they do so, we will destroy it,” Munir told members of the Pakistani-American community in Tampa, Florida, according to a report published today in The Dawn.
The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) hit back at Asim Munir’s recent anti-India remarks, calling Pakistan ‘an irresponsible state with nuclear weapons’ and adding that ‘nuclear sabre-rattling is Pakistan’s stock in trade.’
“Our attention has been drawn to remarks reportedly made by the Pakistani chief of army staff while on a visit to the United States. Nuclear sabre-rattling is Pakistan’s stock in trade,” MEA said in an official statement.
Earlier, Munir had reportedly openly warned of a ‘nuclear war’ from US soil. He threatened to take down ‘half the world’ if his country faced an existential threat in a future war with India.