RAWALPINDI – Prime Minister Imran Khan breaks silence over the issue of thecivil and military relations.
Ruling out civil-military rift, Prime Minister Imran Khan has said thatthey all want to take Pakistan forward.
Addressing the Defence Day ceremony as a chief guest at GeneralHeadquarters (GHQ), Imran Khan said: “We have to strengthen ourinstitutions if we want to progress as a nation.”
“There is no such thing as a civil military tug of war. I will all rise andfall with this nation. And I know the Pakistan military think the same waytoo.” “Our goals are same that is to make Pakistan as one of the greatestcountries of the world.”
“We will together strengthen our institutions. All our enemies tried totake advantage of the fact that we went into someone else’s war; but Ithank the Pakistan army and our intelligence agencies with how they foughtthis war and defeated terrorism.”
The Premier said, “we have many issues as a nation but I have no doubt thatwe will rise as a great country.”
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He went on to say that the first welfare state was made by Islam and it wasa system of merit… not made for just an elite and there was a focus oneducation. These were the principles that were set.
“If Pakistan is to rise as a nation, these are the principles we need tofollow,” Khan said.
PM Imran assured “Pakistan won’t fight any foreign war anymore.”
Imran Khan paid rich tribute to the martyrs, saying that “Our Shuhuda arethose who have been blessed and have been given the highest stature in ourreligion after Prophets.”
