{"id":56759,"date":"2018-01-16T11:47:16","date_gmt":"2018-01-16T11:47:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=56759"},"modified":"2018-01-16T11:47:16","modified_gmt":"2018-01-16T11:47:16","slug":"world-war-3-india-blasted-claims-ready-call-nuclear-bluff-pakistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/world-news\/world-war-3-india-blasted-claims-ready-call-nuclear-bluff-pakistan.html","title":{"rendered":"World War 3: India blasted after claims it is ready to call &#8216;NUCLEAR BLUFF&#8217; from Pakistan"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">World War 3: India blasted after claims it is ready to call &#8216;NUCLEAR BLUFF&#8217; from Pakistan<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">INDIA has been blasted as \u201cirresponsible\u201d after a senior military figure claimed he was ready to call the \u201cnuclear bluff\u201d presented by Pakistan as tensions rise between the two nations, it has emerged.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Pakistan\u2019s foreign minister, Khawaja Asif, launched a scathing attack on India\u2019s General Bipin Rawat by declaring the comments were &#8220;not befitting his office&#8221;.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Mr Asif tweeted: \u201cVery irresponsible statement by Indian Army Chief, not befitting his office.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">&#8220;Amounts to invitation for a nuclear encounter.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">\u201cIf that is what they desire, they are welcome to test our resolve.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">\u201cWe will have to call their nuclear bluff.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Tensions were upped another level when the spokesman for the Pakistan army, Asif Ghafoor, stated that the south-Asian nation has \u201ccredible nuclear capability\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">He declared: \u201cShould they wish to test our resolve, they may try and see it for themselves.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">\u201cWe have a credible nuclear capability, exclusively meant for threat from east.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">&#8220;But we believe it\u2019s a weapon of deterrence, not a choice.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">A segment of the border between India and Pakistan is known as the Line of Control (LoC) &#8211; 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