Chief of Army Staff (CoAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa rejected on Thursday the self-defeating claims by Indian CoAS about 'so-called surgical strikes' and its possible recurrence. According to the ISPR, General Qamar Javed Bajwa said, "Pakistan Armed Forces are fully geared to respond to any aggression by India." The statement came from the military commander following Indian army Chief General Bipin Rawat's message to Pakistan earlier this week.

In his message, the Indian chief raised the threats of conducting further 'surgical strikes' on Pakistani soil, if needed. On September 29, 2016, India claimed to have conducted surgical strikes inside Pakistan territory wherein, they claimed, several terrorists were killed.

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