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India Slams Pakistan Army Chief Asim Munir’s ‘Nuclear Blackmail’ Remarks in US, Congress Calls Out Washington’s ‘Special Treatment’

By TRH Global Affairs Desk

NEW DELHI, August 11, 2025 — India has strongly condemned provocative nuclear remarks made by Pakistan’s Chief of Army Staff, Field Marshal Asim Munir, during his ongoing visit to the United States. India termed Munir’s remarks as “irresponsible” and “reinforcing doubts” about Islamabad’s nuclear command and control.

The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said it was “regrettable” that such comments were made from “the soil of a friendly third country” and warned that “nuclear sabre-rattling is Pakistan’s stock-in-trade.” The MEA added, “India will not give in to nuclear blackmail and will continue to take all necessary steps to safeguard national security.”

Top government sources recalled Defence Minister Rajnath Singh’s May 15 warning at Badami Bagh cantonment that Pakistan’s nuclear weapons could be compromised by non-state actors. Singh had urged the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to bring Pakistan’s arsenal under international monitoring, asking, “Are nuclear weapons safe in the hands of such an irresponsible and rogue nation?”

Congress MP Jairam Ramesh linked Munir’s remarks to the April 22 Pahalgam terror attacks, claiming his earlier April 16 comments had “provided oxygen” to militants. Ramesh criticised Washington for extending “special treatment” to Munir, citing his June 18 luncheon meeting with President Donald Trump and August 8 attendance at the US Central Command’s leadership change ceremony in Florida.

On August 10, Munir told a gathering of Pakistani diaspora in the US that nuclear conflict with India was possible — remarks that Ramesh described as “the most dangerous, provocative, and totally unacceptable.”

Strategic analyst Velina Tchakarova in a post on X noted that this was Munir’s second US visit in under two months, adding that his meetings with senior US generals and invitations to visit Pakistan were “the real reason” for recent strains in US-India ties, “not tariffs or Russia.” Political commentator Vinod Sharma echoed this view in a post on X, highlighting the growing Pakistan-US military engagement.

India’s diplomatic response underscores both security concerns over Pakistan’s nuclear arsenal and unease over Washington’s overtures to Islamabad’s military leadership, at a time when New Delhi is seeking deeper strategic alignment with the US in the Indo-Pacific.

Pakistan has indulged in nuclear sabre-rattling on numerous occasions in the past. Security analysts stated that Pakistan failed to showcase strike capabilities during the four-day-long conflicts with India, while Pakistani air defences were shattered by the Indian Air Force.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi also has on several occasions said that India will not tolerate nuclear blackmail. His statement is seen in the backdrop of US President Donald Trump making repeated claims that he averted a “nuclear war” between India and Pakistan.

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