Bihar Governor Arif Mohammed Khan took a sharp dig at Pakistan’s Railway Minister Hanif Abbasi over his remarks on Pakistan’s nuclear arsenal, saying, “It’s good that he is keeping a count to claim they have 130 nuclear warheads… Anything is possible in Pakistan.”

Khan’s candid reaction came during his appearance on India TV’s popular show ‘Aap Ki Adalat‘, hosted by Rajat Sharma,  on May 3 that focused on the recent Pahalgam killings, according to a press release from the news channel.

The Governor was responding to a statement attributed to Abbasi, who, reportedly, claimed that Pakistan’s missile arsenal, including 130 nuclear warheads, is specifically aimed at India.

When Sharma asked, “How can a Railway Minister keep a count of nuclear warheads?”, Khan replied with a wry smile, “Anything is possible in Pakistan,” drawing laughter from the audience. The Governor continued his critique by urging Pakistan to reconsider naming their missiles after foreign invaders.

“At least they can change the names of their missiles Ghauri and Ghaznavi, because Muhammad Ghori and Mahmud of Ghazni were foreign invaders,” he said, adding that this wasn’t just his view but a suggestion made by a Pakistani intellectual. “That intellectual said Pakistan could at least name missiles after three people from Punjab.”

Also present on the show was former Indian Air Force chief Air Chief Marshal (Retd) R.K. Bhadauria, who served as the ‘judge’ during the session. He addressed Pakistan’s nuclear rhetoric, stating, “Pakistan does have nuclear capability, but even on minor issues, they start harping about their nuclear capability. The world must take note of how much responsibility Pakistan is exercising as far as its nuclear capability is concerned.”

Air Chief Marshal Bhadauria warned that future Indian responses to provocations from Pakistan would be of an entirely different scale. “In the coming days, the action that India will take against Pakistan will be unimaginable. Till date, whatever actions that India took, were at a certain level, but this time, the actions taken would be different, on a bigger scale and in more areas. Pakistan will be isolated politically, financially… about military action, I won’t speak, but it will be taken,” he observed.

Drawing from history, Khan reminded viewers that Pakistan has consistently failed to learn from past military confrontations. “During the 1965 war, the Pakistani army chief was dreaming about having tea in Delhi. Our then PM Lal Bahadur Shastriji replied that we won’t like to bother Ayub Khan for reaching Delhi—instead, we will reach Lahore to have tea. And we almost did. Later, we withdrew,” he said, adding, “In the 1971 war, they lost their eastern part altogether, and yet Pakistan has not learnt any lesson.”

Concluding his remarks with a strong historical and moral perspective, Khan noted, “Pakistanis must remember, their country was born out of hatred, out of partition, and deaths of nearly one million people. Even the Holy Quran says that if you divide a country out of hatred, you will get your due punishment.”