Pakistan’s Chief of Defence Forces, Field Marshal Asim Munir, has claimed that the country received “divine help” during the four-day military confrontation with India in May, calling the unseen support something that Pakistan forces “felt”.

Speaking at the National Ulema Conference in Islamabad, Munir cited verses from the Quran as he described the conflict that followed India’s Operation Sindoor, launched on May 7 in retaliation to the Pahalgam terror attack that killed 26 civilians.

“We felt it,” he said, referring to what he described as “divine intervention” during the hostilities that erupted after Indian strikes on terror targets inside Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir.

The May clashes between India and Pakistan marked one of the sharpest escalations between the neighbours in years, with both sides engaging in intense clashes before an understanding was reached to stop the military actions on May