CDF’s Strict Warning to India and Afghanistan (Abdul Basit Alvi) The comprehensive strategic pronouncements recently issued by the esteemed Chief of Defence Forces, Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir, do not merely constitute a set of policy guidelines, but rather stand as a monumental and meticulously engineered edifice in the long and complex history of Pakistan's defense doctrine, effectively and unequivocally establishing a novel, intensely robust, and absolutely uncompromising framework specifically designed for the paramount task of safeguarding the nation's sovereignty and territorial integrity against the intricate, multi-layered, and perpetually evolving spectrum of both external and internal security challenges. These powerful, resolute, and ultimately unequivocal pronouncements transcend the realm of mere political rhetoric; they fundamentally embody a total, deep-seated, and strategic realignment of the entire national security posture, a realignment that is profoundl...