Do not mistake our desire for peace as weakness, Pak tells India
Do
not
mistake
our
desire
for
peace
for
weakness,
the
Pakistan
army
has
told
India.
There
is
no
space
for
any
war
with
India,
but
our
desire
for
peace
should
not
be
mistaken
for
weakness,
Maj
Gen
Asif
Ghafoor,
the
Director
General
of
Inter-Services
Public
Relations
(ISPR)
-
the
media
wing
of
the
army
said.
He
also
accused
India
of
carrying
out
1,077
ceasefire
violations
since
the
start
of
2018
to
date.
"Our
defence,
our
desire
for
peace,
should
not
be
mistaken
for
weakness,"
Ghafoor
said.
He
said
Pakistan
had
not
responded
to
Indian
firing,
which
followed
an
agreement
by
the
two
countries' militaries
last
week
to
adhere
to
the
2003
ceasefire
agreement,
but
was
"compelled"
to
respond
only
when
civilians
were
targeted,
Dawn
reported.
Local administration officials said an elderly woman and a minor girl were killed and 24 others, including four children and eight women, injured in mortar shelling by the Indian forces on villages along the Working Boundary yesterday.
Ghafoor said Pakistan wants to respect the truce agreement.
"The Indians have to realise and understand where they want to go (in the future)," he said. "We are two nuclear powers, and there is no space for war," he added.