RAWALPINDI:

Amid a flurry of provocative statements from India following the May 9 setback, Pakistan Army's top commanders vowed Wednesday to counter any future aggression from India "with a swift and decisive response, shattering any perceived notion of India's relative safety accruing from geography".

"Any imaginary 'new normal' will be met with a new normal of swift retributive response," the military leadership said, according to communiqué issued after the 272nd Corps Commanders' Conference held at the General Headquarters (GHQ) with Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir in the chair.

"The forum expressed grave concerns over the recent irresponsible and unwarranted provocative statements by Indian civil and military leadership. Such rhetoric conforms to the well-

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