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PAKISTAN CLAIMS INDIA WANTS TO KEEP IT ENGAGED ON TWO FRONTS
Hindustan Times Pune
|November 02, 2025
Pakistan's defence minister Khawaja Asif said on Saturday that India wanted to keep Pakistan busy and engaged on two fronts, Dawn reported.
His comments come while Pakistan is in negotiations with ‘Afghanistan following cross-border strikes, and months after a conflict between India and Pakistan following the Pahalgam terror attack.
“If there is a need for evidence, then we have it, about what involvement India has in terrorism [in Pakistan] and how it wants to keep us busy on two fronts: the eastern and western,” said the defence minister while talking to Geo News on Saturday, Dawn reported.
This story is from the November 02, 2025 edition of Hindustan Times Pune.
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