Cautioning India against any “fresh wave of hostilities” while underlining that there was “no space for war in a nuclearised environment”, Pakistan Army chief Field Marshal Asim Munir said Saturday that his country would “respond much beyond the expectations of the initiators”.

Addressing cadets at the Pakistan Military Academy (PMA) in Kakul in Abbottabad, Munir asked India to settle core issues and said, “We will never be intimidated nor coerced by your rhetoric and shall respond decisively, beyond proportions, to even a minor provocation without any qualms. The onus of ensuing escalations, one that may ultimately bear catastrophic consequences for the entire region and beyond, will squarely lie with India.”

This is the second time in two months that Munir has issued a nuclear threat

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