{"id":21004,"date":"2026-04-04T16:49:26","date_gmt":"2026-04-04T11:49:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/?p=21004"},"modified":"2026-04-04T16:49:26","modified_gmt":"2026-04-04T11:49:26","slug":"india-will-face-strong-response-if-it-acts-warning-extends-to-kolkata-khawaja-asif","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/?p=21004","title":{"rendered":"India Will Face Strong Response If It Acts, Warning Extends to Kolkata: Khawaja Asif"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Defence Minister Khawaja Asif has stated that India may be preparing for a false flag operation, alleging that it could use the bodies of its own citizens or detained Pakistanis to create a narrative of terrorism.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Speaking to the media in Sialkot, he said that India is a larger country in terms of size, economy, and military strength, but Pakistan\u2019s past responses will be remembered by historians.<\/p>\n<p>Khawaja Asif said that Pakistan\u2019s air force had previously carried out operations inside Indian territory, and warned that if India takes any aggressive action this time, Pakistan will respond strongly, even extending operations up to Kolkata.<\/p>\n<p>He also commented on ongoing negotiations between the United States and Iran, stating that the process is at a sensitive stage and it would not be appropriate to comment at this time.<\/p>\n<p>The Defence Minister added that Pakistan is playing an important role in these negotiations and expressed hope for a successful outcome.<\/p>\n<p>Khawaja Asif further said that unity among Muslims is essential, urging people to move beyond divisions. He added that Pakistan is making efforts for peace in the region and prayed for success in these initiatives.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Defence Minister Khawaja Asif has stated that India may be preparing for a false flag operation, alleging that it could use the bodies of its own citizens or detained Pakistanis to create a narrative of terrorism. Speaking to the media in Sialkot, he said that India is a larger country in terms of size, economy, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":14012,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"googlesitekit_rrm_CAowgLK2DA:productID":"","_sitemap_exclude":false,"_sitemap_priority":"","_sitemap_frequency":"","jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":{"subtitle":""},"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[47,46,36],"tags":[11686,6385,386,6302,11405,11687],"class_list":["post-21004","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-important-news","category-latest","category-pakistan","tag-defence-statement","tag-false-flag-operation","tag-khawaja-asif","tag-pakistan-india-tensions","tag-pakistan-military","tag-regional-tension"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21004","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=21004"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21004\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21005,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21004\/revisions\/21005"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/14012"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=21004"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=21004"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=21004"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}