Overview

• Pakistan’s ISPR said jingoistic statements by senior Indian officials risk creating pretexts for aggression and vowed it would not hold back if hostilities resume.
• Military leaders in Islamabad declared a “new normal” of response described as swift, decisive and destructive, with the capability to strike deep inside India.
• The statement pledged to shatter any perceived geographic immunity and warned that any attempt to “erase” Pakistan would result in mutual destruction.
• India’s Air Chief Marshal Amar Preet Singh asserted that India downed five Pakistani fighters during May’s fighting, a claim offered without evidence.
• Both sides continue to advance conflicting narratives about the May exchanges following the Pahalgam attack, which ended in a US-brokered ceasefire, and key battlefield claims remain disputed.