DGMO Lt Gen Rajiv Ghai says India’s strikes forced Pakistan to seek ceasefire in 88 hours; nine targets hit

By A Staff Reporter

New Delhi: India’s Director General of Military Operations, Lieutenant General Rajiv Ghai, told a media briefing that it took the adversary 88 hours to ask for a cessation of hostilities after India’s calibrated military response, signalling that New Delhi had met its political and military aims.

Lt Gen Ghai said the operation struck “nine targets across the breadth of Pakistan,” and described the campaign as a demonstration of India’s evolving doctrine — “a fusion of military precision and diplomatic agility, informational superiority and economic leverage.”  He said the actions were “targeted, controlled, non-escalatory,” and that Delhi openly acknowledged the strikes to preserve credibility. 

Referring to measures beyond direct strikes, the DGMO noted that India used a range of conventional steps and forward deployments to increase pressure, and cited the temporary suspension of elements of the Indus Water Treaty in response to the terror attack at Pahalgam as an example of non-military leverage employed alongside kinetic action.