Overview

• The Pakistan Army’s media wing said fresh hostilities “might lead to cataclysmic devastation” and vowed a resolute response without restraint.
• Defence Minister Khawaja Asif posted on X that India would be “buried under the wreckage of its planes,” invoking a claimed “0–6” score from the May clashes.
• Islamabad’s warnings followed recent comments by India’s defence minister, army chief and air chief, including Indian claims of downing Pakistani jets during Operation Sindoor.
• Both sides continue to trade contradictory assertions about aircraft losses and targets from the May confrontation, which ended after roughly 87 hours with a U.S.-brokered ceasefire.
• Analysts quoted in coverage urged restraint and renewed diplomacy, citing the risk of miscalculation between two nuclear-armed neighbours.