‘Fighting India is in Pakistan’s DNA, only deterrence is increasing costs for terror’: Pak expert Tilak Devasher

‘Fighting India is in Pakistan’s DNA, only deterrence is increasing costs for terror’: Pak expert Tilak Devasher

The anti-India sentiment is in the DNA of Pakistan, which means that the only way to ensure deterrence is imposing increasing costs for every act of terror, said Tilak Devasher, a former Special Secretary at Cabinet Secretariat, in an interview with Firstpost.

Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, along with Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) of Pakistan Asim Munir, reviews the parade at the passing out ceremony of 151st Long Course at the Pakistan Military Academy (PMA) Kakul, Abbottabad, Pakistan, April 26, 2025. Press Information Department of Pakistan via Reuters