Pakistan army chief Raheel Sharif warns India of 'unbearable cost' in case of war

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan's powerful army chief General Raheel Sharif has warned India of "unbearable damage" if it tried to impose a short or long war on his country.

"Let me reiterate that our armed forces stand fully capable to defeat all sorts of external aggression.

"If the enemy ever resorts to any misadventure, regardless of its size and scale — short or long — it will have to pay an unbearable cost," he said in his address at a special event organised by army at its headquarters in Rawalpindi on Sunday to mark the 50 anniversary of the 1965 war with India.

The remarks were a pointed response to a statement by Indian Army chief General Dalbir Singh Suhag who said last week that Indian Army was prepared for "swift, short nature of future wars".