Overview
- Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir vowed that any aggressor would face the same decisive response Pakistan delivered in May.
- He described Pakistan as peace‑loving but pledged a firm reply to imposed war, framing the stance as obedience to Allah’s command.
- Munir portrayed the recent confrontation with India as divinely aided, invoking Quranic verses and the Battle of Uhud.
- His remarks came informally at a luncheon hosted by King Abdullah II at the President’s House, attended by President Asif Ali Zardari, Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, Aseefa Bhutto, the British High Commissioner, and the U.S. Ambassador.
- Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and the Jordanian monarch reaffirmed plans to deepen cooperation across economic, health, education, science, technology, trade, investment, and defense, and to work with eight Arab Islamic countries and the U.S. on the Gaza Peace Plan from Sharm el Sheikh.