'It has been misinterpreted': Pak defence minister takes U-turn from 'imminent' military incursion remark, says 'haven't said anything...'

After claiming an “imminent Indian military incursion”, Pakistan's Defence Minister Khawaja Asif backtracked from his statement claiming that his rermarks were "misinterpretated". Asif, while talking to Reuters, had said, "We have reinforced our forces because it is something which is imminent now. So in that situation, some strategic decisions have to be taken, so those decisions have been taken." The statement came after the terrorist attack in Pahalgam, Jammu and Kashmir, on April 22 in which 26 innocent people were killed.

In a separate interview on Samaa TV, Asif said, “We should be mentally prepared there is a war looming on the horizon. The possibility is there, a very vivid possibility that we can have war in the next day or two or three or four.” 

But when the Pakistani defence minister was questioned for his remark given to Reuters, Asif told the Geo News, “I think it has been misinterpreted on some other channel, Samaa. I have already talked to them and I have not said anything like this. They (the channel) asked me what are the chances of war, so I said that the next two to three days were crucial." 

“If something has to happen, then it will occur in the next two to four days … otherwise the immediate danger will pass," he added in his U-turn statement. 

He also added that the channel is making "necessary corrections" after his statement. 

“I never said anything about its inevitability," he added.