India and Pakistan in battle of words

(rt.com), 30 Jan, 2020  - Responding to Indian PM Narendra Modi’s claim that Pakistan would “bite dust” in case of war with India, Islamabad urged New Delhi not to underestimate its army, invoking an aerial dogfight that led to an Indian pilot’s capture.   

The war of words between Pakistan and India has escalated. The latest round in the verbal back-and-forth began on Tuesday, with Modi saying that the Indian Army could take down neighbouring Pakistan in a week – 10 days at the most.   

Islamabad delivered a verbal blow of its own on Wednesday. Pakistani Foreign Office (FO) spokesperson Aisha Farooqui dismissed Modi’s assessment, calling the rhetoric coming out of New Delhi “belligerent,” and India itself “a threat to regional peace and security.”   

Farooqui said the Pakistani Army proved it’s more than capable of striking back during a dogfight between Indian and Pakistani warplanes in February of last year.