The Indian Hybrid Warfare entails conventional and unconventional means, proxy wars, covert operations, cyber warfare, fake news, propaganda, media warfare and surgical strikes. It is evident that fighting a total or limited war is risky in nuclear environment. This is the reason that the Indian strategic thinkers brought huge doctrinal shift from Sunderji doctrine to cold start doctrine/proactive military operations and from limited war to Surgical Strikes. At the same time India also launched renewed hybrid war and covert operations under Technical Support Division after 2008. Since then Indian government launched defensive-offense operations in which they supported non-state actors, carried out offensive diplomacy to isolate Pakistan at regional and global level. In addition, India resort to surgical strikes and offensive operations which entails greater risk of escalation in nuclear south Asia. It is imperative for Pakistan to take into account all these emerging threats under the Indian Hybrid warfare strategy and come up with solid response at all levels to mitigate these challenges in future.

Keywords: Indian Strategic Thinking, Hybrid Warfare, Surgical Strikes, Covert Operations, Offensive Diplomacy and Media Warfare