Any miscalculation by adversaries will invite response beyond their ‘imagination, calculation’, warns CNSC

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News Desk. (2026, October 17). Any miscalculation by adversaries will invite response beyond their ‘imagination, calculation’, warns CNSC. Dawn. https://www.dawn.com/news/2037799/any-miscalculation-by-adversaries-will-invite-response-beyond-their-imagination-calculation-warns-cnsc

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On Saturday, Commander National Strategic Command (CNSC) General Aamer Raza warned Pakistan’s adversaries that any miscalculation would result in a response beyond their imagination during an address at the Pakistan Military Academy. This warning follows recent provocative statements by Indian Defence Minister Rajnath Singh threatening retaliation for any terrorist activity from Pakistan. General Raza also highlighted the efforts of hostile elements to exploit internal vulnerabilities and disrupt social cohesion through proxy terrorism, emphasizing the importance of unity in defending national security.
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Haider said Pakistan’s “restraint and commitment to peace” should not be mistaken for weakness, warning that any aggression would be met with a “forceful response”. “India should draw an appropriate lesson from last year’s experience and abandon its belligerent posture and dangerous rhetoric and act with responsibility for lasting peace in the region,” he said.
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🔮 Commander National Strategic Command (CNSC) General Aamer Raza warned the country’s adversaries on Saturday that “any miscalculation will be met with a response far beyond the imagination or the calculation of the initiator”.

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Commander National Strategic Command (CNSC) General Aamer Raza warned the country’s adversaries on Saturday that “any miscalculation will be met with a response far beyond the imagination or the calculation of the initiator”. asserted
miscalculation → warn → initiator
“To those who harbour hostile designs across our borders, our stance remains resolute and unambiguous. asserted
stance → harbour → borders
There is no space for conflict or war in a nuclearised environment and any miscalculation will be met with a response far beyond the imagination or calculation of the initiator,” warned the commander of Pakistan’s strategic command. asserted
commander → be → command
Addressing the passing-out parade of cadets of the 154th Long Course at the Pakistan Military Academy (PMA), Kakul, he reiterated that the country’s armed forces stood ready to “defend every inch of the motherland” at all costs. asserted
forces → address → costs
The warning by the strategic command commander comes after provocative remarks by Indian Defence Minister Rajnath Singh. asserted
warning → come → Singh
He had warned Pakistan on Thursday that any “fresh terrorist activity from across the border would invite a strike even bigger than the last time”, according to Indian news agency ANI. uncertain
activity → warn → ANI
Gen Raza said that in the “post-truth era”, the country’s adversaries sought to drive a wedge between the people of Pakistan and its armed forces through “calculated disinformation and narrative warfare”. asserted
adversaries → say → disinformation
He elaborated that following the failure of Operation Sindoor, the adversaries sought to “fracture Pakistan’s social cohesion and state infrastructure” through an escalation of proxy terrorism and sub-conventional warfare. asserted
adversaries → elaborate → terrorism
Gen Raza further said that hostile elements continue to attempt to exploit the country’s internal vulnerabilities to “cultivate proxy instruments against our national unity”. “You must understand unequivocally that this conflict is waged directly against the security of our people and the freedom secured by the supreme sacrifices of our predecessors. asserted
conflict → say → predecessors
The strategic command commander added that the people of Pakistan must remain acutely mindful that safeguarding the country’s unity, sovereign integrity and territorial inviolability is “an absolute imperative, which we shall uphold at all costs and under every circumstance”. asserted
we → add → circumstance
Addressing the newly-graduated cadets, added that they mist remain steadfast in their durty and unwavering in their resolve and “immune to malicious propaganda and narrative warfare”. asserted
they → address → propaganda
FO condemns Singh’s ‘provocative remarks’ asserted
FO → condemn → remarks
A day earlier, the Foreign Office (FO) condemned Singh’s “provocative remarks” threatening aggression against Pakistan, saying such statements highlighting the neighbouring country’s “hegemonistic mindset”. asserted
Office → condemn → mindset
“Pakistan rejects and condemns the Indian defence minister’s provocative remarks entailing a threat of Indian aggression against Pakistan. asserted
Pakistan → reject → Pakistan
Such reckless statements reflect India’s hegemonistic mindset and the risk its belligerent posture poses to regional peace and stability in South Asia,” FO spokesperson Sajjad Haider Khan said. asserted
Khan → reflect → Asia
“We wish to remind India of the consequences of its military aggression in May last year, when Pakistan demonstrated both its capability and resolve to defend its sovereignty and territorial integrity and gave a befitting response and reply to Indian aggression,” he said, referring to the brief military conflict between the two countries. uncertain
he → wish → countries
He said that there should be “no ambiguity” that Pakistan remained fully prepared to safeguard its “sovereignty and territorial integrity” against any “ill-advised aggression”. asserted
Pakistan → say → aggression
Haider said Pakistan’s “restraint and commitment to peace” should not be mistaken for weakness, warning that any aggression would be met with a “forceful response”. “India should draw an appropriate lesson from last year’s experience and abandon its belligerent posture and dangerous rhetoric and act with responsibility for lasting peace in the region,” he said. asserted
he → say → region
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