‘If America Attacks, We’ll Hit Delhi And Mumbai’ — Ex-Pakistan Envoy Abdul Basit’s Remarks Trigger Uproar

Former Pakistan High Commissioner to India Abdul Basit sparked a fierce debate after claiming that Pakistan would strike Indian cities including Mumbai and New Delhi if the United States were to attack Pakistan.

“If America attacks Pakistan we have to attack India, Mumbai, New Delhi, without a second thought,” Basit said during a panel discussion. “We won’t leave it we’ll see what happens later.”

The remarks were framed around a hypothetical worst-case scenario. Basit called such a situation “out of the impossibility” and said repeatedly that he did not want it to happen. But he kept returning to the same argument nonetheless.

“If someone sees us with a bad eye, Pakistan will have no other option than to attack India wherever it wants,” he said. “We don’t want that to happen. India doesn’t want that either.”

The specific mention of Mumbai and New Delhi spread quickly across platforms and set off debate about the kind of language that former diplomats deploy in public forums.

Basit is no stranger to India. He served as Pakistan’s High Commissioner in New Delhi between 2014 and 2017 a period when relations between the two countries were anything but simple. That prior role has added an edge to the reaction his remarks have generated.

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The comments land at an already tense moment. Pakistan’s ties with Afghanistan have deteriorated sharply, with Afghan authorities accusing Pakistani forces of carrying out airstrikes over Kabul, Kandahar, and Paktika. Taliban spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid alleged that civilian sites, including a rehabilitation facility, were hit. Casualty figures have been reported, though independent verification is limited. India has not issued any official response so far.