MUNICH: Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa Saturday tolda military conference in Munich that Pakistan defeated al-Qaeda,Tehreek-e-Taliban and other outlawed militant groups, and they can proudlysay that no organised militant camps exist on Pakistani soil today.
The army chief said so while giving Pakistan’s perspective on global andregional security at Munich Security Conference in Germany.
General Bajwa said that terrorists have sanctuaries in Afghanistan, fromwhere attacks are being coordinated against Pakistan.
He maintained that the territory of neither of Pakistan and Afghanistanshould be used against the other.
The COAS said that Pakistan has been implementing National Action Plan(NAP) in the war against terrorism.
He said that Pakistan is not just conducting military offensives againstterrorists, rather it has also taken action against the financiers.
General Bajwa said the menace of terrorism was fought through joint effortsby the entire nation, noting that clerics from all schools of thoughtissued a decree against terrorism in the name of religion.