Pakistan wanted to bring India to its knees in 48 hours but folded up in 8: CDS Anil Chauhan

Pakistan wanted to bring India to its knees within 48 hours by launching multiple attacks on May 10 but was forced to ask for a ceasefire after its military folded up within eight hours due to the Indian response, Chief of Defence Staff General Anil Chauhan said on Tuesday.

Speaking with students at a university in Pune, the officer said losses on the Indian side during the operation are not important and said it would not be "very correct" to talk about them as what matters is the final result.

Earlier, the CDS had courted controversy after he said that tactical mistakes had been made initially and that India lost fighter jets, while speaking with the foreign media in Singapore. On Tuesday, the officer compared Pakistan's current state as having suffered an "innings defeat" at the hands of India.

"On May 10, at about 1 am, their (Pakistani) aim was to get India to its knees in 48 hours. Multiple attacks were launched and in some manner, they escalated this conflict, (in) which we had actually hit only terror targets. Operations which they thought would continue for 48 hours, folded up in about eight hours and then they picked up the telephone and said they wanted to talk," the officer said.

He was referring to the phone call by the Pakistani Director General of Military Operations on May 10 during which he requested for a ceasefire. The ceasefire arrangement is still being upheld, though India has said that it has merely paused Operation Sindoor and has not yet terminated it. He said India will soon come up with details of the losses suffered by Pakistan during the four-day conflict.