One year after Pakistan’s military confrontation with India during Marka-e-Haq, also known as Operation Bunyan al-Marsoos, Director General ISPR Lieutenant General Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry said the capabilities demonstrated by Pakistan during the conflict represented only “10 to 15 percent” of the country’s overall power potential.
Addressing a joint press conference alongside senior officers of the Pakistan Air Force and Pakistan Navy on the completion of one year of Marka-e-Haq, the military spokesperson said Pakistan, by the grace of Allah, defeated an enemy “five times larger” in what he described as a multi-domain war.
He stated that the conflict demonstrated the professionalism and preparedness of Pakistan’s armed forces, adding that the military fulfilled the expectations of the nation during the confrontation.
Emphasizing Pakistan’s broader military capability, Lt Gen Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry said the limited operational display witnessed during the conflict should not be mistaken for the country’s full potential.
“What you saw during Marka-e-Haq was only 10 to 15 percent of our overall power potential,” he said, adding that a “small glimpse” of that capability would also be showcased during the grand August 14 military parade so that “no one could later claim they had not been warned.”
The DG ISPR said modern warfare was no longer confined to conventional battlefields, describing it as a conflict fought simultaneously across land, air, sea, cyberspace, and the domain of perception and narratives.
Issuing a direct warning to India, he said Pakistan remained fully prepared for both conventional and unconventional warfare.
“If India wishes to continue using this language, then come forward openly,” he remarked, adding that Pakistan was prepared before and remained prepared now.
“No one’s father can harm Pakistan,” he said, asserting that the country’s security and sovereignty would be defended “at all costs.”
Referring to India’s allegations following the Pahalgam incident, the DG ISPR said the questions previously raised by Pakistan still remained unanswered a year later.
He questioned how an FIR was registered within 15 minutes claiming the attackers had crossed the border while, according to him, Indian intelligence agencies simultaneously failed to stop the alleged infiltration.
He also asked India to identify which “terrorist camp” it had targeted, while accusing New Delhi of constructing what he termed a “deceptive narrative” linking Pakistan to terrorism.
According to the military spokesperson, the international community was increasingly unwilling to accept India’s claims without evidence.
Lt Gen Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry further stated that Kashmir remains an internationally recognized dispute rather than an internal matter of India, accusing New Delhi of sponsoring terrorism and then shifting blame onto others.
He also criticized the rhetoric of Indian political leadership, saying Indian politicians appeared “more like war fighters than politicians.”
Pakistan launched Operation Bunyan al-Marsoos last year in response to India’s Operation Sindoor, with the conflict later becoming widely referred to in Pakistan as Marka-e-Haq.
