Despite suffering a crushing defeat during Operation Sindoor earlier this year, Pakistan’s ruling elite continues to flaunt religiously infused threats against India. Defence Minister Khawaja Asif recently claimed that “India will be buried under the debris of its warplanes,” followed by assertions that “India was never one united nation except briefly under Aurangzeb” and that “Pakistan was created in the name of Allah.”

These remarks are not merely impulsive rhetoric. Rather they are a window into Pakistan’s enduring war doctrine, one that continues to dress aggression in the language of faith. Asif’s remarks come not in the spirit of diplomacy but as a reminder that Islamabad’s military and political establishments remain chained to the idea that religion, not reason, defines the natio

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