RAWALPINDI: Pakistan’s Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Syed Asim Munir on Monday emphasised that no hostile design can erode the determination of Pakistan’s Armed Forces, noting that the resolute and unified response to India constitutes a defining chapter in the country’s military history.
COAS General Syed Asim Munir visited Combined Military Hospital (CMH) Rawalpindi today to inquire after the well-being of soldiers and innocent civilians wounded during the Marka e Haq and Operation Bunyan-um-Marsoos, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) stated in a press release on Monday.
During the visit, the COAS individually met the injured personnel, lauded their exceptional bravery and steadfast devotion to duty, and reaffirmed the unwavering commitment of the Pakistan Armed Forces to their continued care, rehabilitation, and welfare.
“Our civilians’ & soldiers’ valour and sacrifice form the cornerstone of Pakistan’s security. The entire nation stands in resolute solidarity with every member of its Armed Forces,” the COAS stated.
COAS underscored that no hostile design can erode the determination of the Armed Forces of Pakistan. He noted that the “resolute and unified response exhibited during Marka e Haq and Operation Bunyan-um-Marsoos, in concert with the steadfast support of the Pakistani people, constitutes a defining chapter in the country’s military history.”
Operation Bunyan-um-Marsoos
During Operation Bunyan-um-Marsoos, the Pakistani military hit 26 Indian military facilities, and dozens of Pakistani drones hovered over major Indian cities, including the capital New Delhi, in retaliation for Indian aggression on Saturday, DG ISPR Lt Gen Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry said on Sunday.
The chief military spokesperson said that the Pakistan Armed Forces fulfilled the promise they made to the nation to avenge the martyrdom of innocent civilians, including children, in strikes in the night between May 6 and 7.
Chaudhry said that 26 military targets, as well as facilities that were used to target Pakistani citizens and those enterprises that were responsible for fomenting terrorism in Pakistan, were engaged in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK) and mainland India.
The targets included Indian air force and aviation bases in Suratgarh, Sirsa, Adampur, Bhuj, Nalia, Bhatinda, Barnala, Harwara, Avantipura, Srinagar, Jammu, Mamoon, Ambala, Udhampur and Pathankot – all of which sustained major damages, he added.
“Barhmos facilities, which fired missiles in Pakistan and killed innocent civilians, were destroyed. S-400 battery system at Udhampur and Bhuj, were also attacked by the proud Pakistan Air Force [PAF],” Lt Gen Chaudhry told the media.
“Military logistic and support sites which helped sustain this unlawful operation against innocent Pakistani civilians like field supply depot at Uri and radar station at Poonch were also targeted,” he added.
Furthermore, the chief military spokesperson said, military command headquarters, which helped plan the operation of killing of innocent citizens, including 10th and 80th Brigade at KG Top and Nowshera were also destroyed.
The ISPR director general also said that facilities which harboured and trained proxy elements to perpetrate terrorist attacks inside Pakistan and kill innocent civilians here were specifically identified and destroyed.
Across the Line of Control (LoC), military elements, including headquarters, logistic bases, artillery positions and posts that had caused civilian casualties in Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) through unprovoked artillery and small arms fire were relentlessly targeted and heavily damaged until they raised the white flags and asked for restraint.
“Pakistan has brought justice and retribution for reprehensible Indian military’s aggression and brutal killings of our citizens. Pakistan’s response was a textbook demonstration of integrated tri-services jointness enabled by real-time situational awareness, and network-centric warfare capabilities,” he said.
“This synergy across air, land, sea and cyber domains allowed for precision engagements, overwhelming lethality and rapid tempo. All platforms operated in synergy, delivering coordinated effects at carefully selected, decisive points” he added.
He said precision-guided long-range Fateh series missiles F-1 and F-2 of the Pakistan Army, precision munitions of the PAF, highly capable long-range loitering killer munitions and precision long-range artillery were used.
Pakistan Armed Forces, he said, also carried out comprehensive and effective cyber offensive to temporarily cripple and degrade critical infrastructure and services that were being used by Indian forces to sustain their operations, he continued.
“Let me tell you that Pakistan Armed Forces possess an adequate suite of very sophisticated niche military technologies. Only some of which were used with restraint in this conflict. Pakistan’s military response has been precise, proportionate and still remarkably restrained.”
