Military action against any political or religious group results into anarchy: DG ISPR
RAWALPINDI (92 News) – DG ISPR Maj Gen Ahmed Sharif has said that the armed forces cannot be intimidated by any threats and will vigorously respond to any aggression by India.
Addressing a press conference on Tuesday, he said: "No one should doubt the capability and competence of the Pakistan Army. Kashmir will never become an integral part of India."
He said that terrorist incidents increased in the region due to changes occurring in Afghanistan. "Dialogues with the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) was the decision of the government of Pakistan. The services rendered by civil and military secret agencies are laudable," he declared.
Military action against any political or religious group results into anarchy
The DG ISPR said that the military action against any political or religious group results into anarchy. He said that there is a constitutional and apolitical bond between the Pak Army and the government.
"All political personalities and parties are respectable for the Pak Army. The people do not want army's tilt towards any particular political party. It is wrong to give a political colour to the apolitical relation of the army with the government. The organization of the former soldiers should not take the cover of politics," he added.
Maj Gen Ahmed Sharif said that COAS Syed Asim Munir had already clarified that the people are the real power of Pakistan. "The Pak Army is a national army. Some people who launched a campaign against the army are political and some have an agenda of the enemy agencies. Some personal and political objectives are behind the propaganda against the army," he declared.
He said that the federal government deploys the Pak Army under the Article 245. "The Defence Ministry has replied to the Supreme Court and the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) about the availability of the forces for the elections. The Defence Ministry's reply is based on active ground realities," he added.
No 'no-go areas' in Pakistan
The DG ISPR said that there are no 'no-go areas' in Pakistan. "As many as 8,296 operations have been conducted against terrorists during the recent year. Terrorism incidents increased after the exit of the US from Afghanistan. In 2022, overall 436 incidents of terrorism occurred in which 293 people were martyred and 521 injured. Security forces conducted several operations against terrorists and their facilitators and killed or arrested 1,535 terrorists. During these operations, 135 officers and jawans embraced martyrdom while 117 others were injured," he disclosed.
Shambay arrest from Balochistan is a great success of intelligence
Maj Gen Ahmed Sharif said that the arrest of the banned BNA chief Gulzar Imam alias Shambay is a great success of intelligence. "Ninety-eight percent work on installation of fence along 2,600 kilometres international border with Afghanistan has been completed," he added.
He disclosed that the three masterminds of the attack on the Karachi Police Lines had been arrested. "The suicide bomber in the Peshawar Police Lines attack was an Afghan national. The banned TTP spent Rs7.6 million for the Peshawar attack and Rs3 million for the Peshawar attack," he concluded.
