Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan warned India on Tuesday that any military action against his country would invite swift retaliation, saying matters would spin out of control should the Modi government carry out its threat to avenge last week’s killing of CRPF jawans in Pulwama by ISI-controlled terrorist organisation Jaish-e-Muhammed.
“If you think that if you can carry out any kind of attack on Pakistan, Pakistan will not just think about retaliating, we will retaliate. There will be no way to respond other than to retaliate. And after that, where does the matter go? We all know that starting a war is easy. Starting it is in one’s hands, but ending it is not in our hands. Where it will go, God knows best. That’s why I hope that better sense will prevail,” Khan said, his tough pitch leaving many to wonder whether he was referring to the grim prospect of an escalatory spiral between the nuclear-armed neighbours.

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan warned India on Tuesday that any military action against his country would invite swift retaliation, saying matters would spin out of control should the Modi government carry out its threat to avenge last week’s killing of CRPF jawans in Pulwama by ISI-controlled terrorist organisation Jaish-e-Muhammed.
“If you think that if you can carry out any kind of attack on Pakistan, Pakistan will not just think about retaliating, we will retaliate. There will be no way to respond other than to retaliate. And after that, where does the matter go? We all know that starting a war is easy. Starting it is in one’s hands, but ending it is not in our hands. Where it will go, God knows best. That’s why I hope that better sense will prevail,” Khan said, his tough pitch leaving many to wonder whether he was referring to the grim prospect of an escalatory spiral between the nuclear-armed neighbours.