'Decisive response' to even minor provocation: Munir

In a sharp escalation of rhetoric, Pakistan Army chief Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir Saturday warned India of a “decisive response” to even a minor provocation, saying there is “no space for war in a nuclearised environment”.

- PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

Munir was addressing a graduation ceremony of passing out army cadets at the premier Pakistan Military Academy (PMA) Kakul at Abbottabad in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

“[ advise and firmly caution India’s military leadership that there is no space for war in a nuclearised environment,” he said.

“We will never be intimidated, not coerced by rhetoric and will respond decisively to even a minor provocation without any qualms,” the Chief of Army Staff (COAS) said.