ISLAMABAD – The Pakistani military on Friday condemned the negativecampaign on the social media following an unfortunate helicopter crash insouthwestern Balochistan earlier this week.
According to the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the onlinecampaign caused “deep anguish and distress” among the families of martyrsand rank and file of the armed forces.
“While the whole nation stood with the institution in this difficult timecertain insensitive quarters resorted to hurtful & derogatory comments onsocial media,” the military’s media wing said in a statement.
DG ISPR Maj-Gen Babar Iftikhar, while talking to a private TV channel, alsocalled for a collective national effort to counter such propaganda.
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As many as six personnel of Pakistan Army, including Commander 12 Corps LtGen Sarfraz, embraced martyrdom in the tragic crash when an army aviationhelicopter went down due to bad weather on Monday evening nearBalochistan’s Lasbela.
The wreckage of a military helicopter was later found in Musa Goth, Windar— around 80km northwest of Karachi on Tuesday.
