ISLAMABAD – Chairman Joint Chief of Staff Committee General Zubair MahmoodHayat has unveiled enemy designs against Pakistan.

He said on Monday that enemies of the country were systematically spreadingfake news about the country.

“However, despite the evil designs [of enemy states], a strong and stablefuture awaits Pakistan,” Hayat stated while addressing the Pakistan Summitin Islamabad on Monday.

The top general maintained that the summit was a step in the rightdirection at an appropriate time, as information, diplomacy, the army andeconomy were the four basic pillars of a state in the current era.

“Information is the strength of today, but it also being misused. Falseimpressions are given about Pakistan deliberately and fake news against thecountry is spread in an organised manner,” Hayat told the gathering.

“If any criminal in the world commits a crime, international headlines arenot made, but if a Pakistani criminal does something then why all thoseheadlines?” he asked.

The general also stressed that CPEC was going to be a game changer for theregion, and that Pakistan was about to become world’s 18th biggest economyin 2020.

“People such as Abdul Sattar Eidhi, Malala Yousafzai and Arfa Karim are theface of Pakistan. All of you should also come forward and tell the worldthat Pakistan’s positive list is much longer than the negative,” Hayat saidto the gathering.

The top military official stressed that Pakistan was not just created forthe rich.

“Enemies were never pleased with the creation of Pakistan, and Pakistan’sneighbour was always busy in defaming Pakistan.”

He added that the country had faced political and cultural globalisationafter the cold war, and sacrificed a lot in the war against terror.

“No country in the world ever came close to our accomplishments. Pakistanis experiencing some issues of extremism, governance and security, but isnot India facing all these issues?” he noted.