Senior officers from Pakistan Navy, Pakistan Air Force are also present alongside the DG ISPR during the briefing
DG ISPR Lt Gen Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry. SCREENGRAB
Director General of Inter-Services Public Relations Lt Gen Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry on Thursday said that Pakistan inflicted a crushing defeat on a five times larger enemy across all fronts in Marka-e-Haq.
The term “Marka-e-Haq” refers to the 2025 conflict with India, which began with the April 22 Pahalgam attack and concluded with a ceasefire on May 10 following Operation Bunyanum Marsoos.
Addressing a press conference marking one year since the completion of Marka-e-Haq, accompanied by senior officers of the Pakistan Navy and Pakistan Air Force, he congratulated the nation on the occasion. He said Pakistan had inflicted a humiliating defeat on India across all fronts.
Lt Gen Chaudhry said, “A year ago, we ground India’s pride into the dust. We have always said that no one’s father can harm Pakistan. We were ready then, and we are ready now; if anyone has any doubt, we have shown them one episode of it”.
Pakistan defeated the enemy on every front and changed the nature of warfare during Marka-e-Haq, stating that Pakistan achieved success in multi-domain warfare across air, land, sea, and cyber domains, he added.
DG ISPR said India had long propagated a false narrative accusing Pakistan of involvement in terrorism and had conducted false flag operations for this purpose, adding that allegations were levelled against Pakistan within minutes of the Pahalgam incident without investigation.
He further added that India’s “terrorism drama” has been buried forever, calling India itself the biggest terrorist. He challenged India to identify which terrorist camp it targeted, and said that India orchestrates terrorism against its own people to blame others.
The DG ISPR said India was facilitating terrorism and that all terrorist incidents in Pakistan involved India and Afghanistan. He added that Afghanistan’s “so-called” foreign minister sought assistance from India.
He also pointed out that India has failed to produce evidence regarding the Pahalgam incident. He noted that an FIR was registered within ten minutes of the event, yet a year later, no proof has surfaced.
Lt Gen Chaudhry said that what happened in Marka-e-Haq is known not just in Pakistan, but by every child in India and also advised India to speak the truth, adding that Hindutva ideology is being imposed on minorities in India.
Indian politicians appeared more like warriors than statesmen and said India’s professional military had been compromised by politics and India is using Fitna-al-Khawarij and Fitna-al-Hindustan out of frustration over its defeat, he said.
The term Fitna al-Khawarij is used by the state to refer to terrorists affiliated with the banned TTP.
Pakistan was the principal contributor to regional stability and efforts for peace, stressing that war between two nuclear states would be madness, he added.
He announced that a “small glimpse” of Pakistan’s power potential would be shown to the public on August 14, so that “they cannot say later that they weren’t told.” He vowed to defend Pakistan’s security and sovereignty at all costs.
He also added that Kashmir is not India’s internal matter but a globally recognised dispute with pending UN resolutions, India is committing atrocities against Muslims in Kashmir and citizens in Manipur.
He further said that “one Pakistan and another Field Marshal appear in India’s dreams day and night”.
Pahalgam attack and Marka-e-Haq
On April 22, 2025, escalation between Pakistan and India began when an attack in Pahalgam killed 26 people. India immediately blamed Pakistan for the incident. However, Pakistan categorically rejected the Indian blame.
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In response, India undertook a series of hostile actions the next day, on April 23, 2025, including suspending the 65-year-old Indus Waters Treaty (IWT), cancelling visas for Pakistani citizens, closing the Wagah-Attari border crossing, ordering the shutdown of the Pakistan High Commission in New Delhi, and reducing diplomatic staff at each other’s embassies.
Tensions further escalated in the early hours of May 7, 2025, when missile strikes hit six cities in Punjab and Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK), destroying a mosque and killing dozens of civilians, including women, children, and the elderly.
In a swift military response, Pakistan’s armed forces shot down Indian warplanes, including three Rafale jets. The confrontation intensified again in the early hours of May 10, 2025, when India targeted several Pakistani airbases with missile strikes. In retaliation, Pakistan launched Operation Bunyanum Marsoos, damaging Indian military installations, including missile storage sites, airbases, and other strategic targets.
On May 10, 2025, US President Donald Trump announced that a ceasefire had been reached following intense overnight diplomatic efforts. Minutes later, the agreement was confirmed separately by Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar and the Indian foreign secretary.
