Pakistan’s defence minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif seems more focused on manufacturing a war scare than addressing the serious issues plaguing his own country. His baseless assertion that a military incursion by India is “inevitable” is nothing but a figment of his imagination — and a dangerous one at that. It appears to be part of a deliberate agenda: to provoke tensions with India and divert attention from Pakistan’s own internal failures. Despite the ceasefire agreement, unprovoked firing from across the border has continued unabated ever since the gruesome terrorist attack on tourists at Baisaran, near Pahalgam. Naturally, India has had no choice but to retaliate in a measured and commensurate........

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