KARACHI – The Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa hashinted at a new phase of unannounced war launched against Pakistan.
He said on Saturday that while Pakistan is yet to fully come out of theterrorism or the sabotage phase of an unannounced war, the subversion phasehas also started now.
“Like the terrorists before; the protagonists of the new threats are attimes, our own people. Mostly misguided by ambitions, blinded by hate,ethnicity or religion or simply overawed by social media onslaught, some ofour own boys and girls readily fall victim to such dangerous or hostilenarratives,” General Bajwa said while speaking at the passing out parade of110th Midshipmen and 19th Short Service Course held at the Naval Academy,Karachi.
According to the ISPR, the army chief said the new government has extendeda hand of peace and friendship towards India with utmost sincerity but itshould not be taken as its weakness.
“The new government has extended a hand of peace and friendship towardsIndia with utmost sincerity but it should not be taken as our weakness,peace benefits everybody. It is time to fight against hunger, disease andilliteracy, rather than to fight with each other.”
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The COAS said Pakistan supports Afghan-led peace plan to help bring lastingpeace in the neighbouring country. He said wars bring death, destructionand misery for the people. Ultimately, he said, all issues are resolved onthe table through negotiations.
He said the relative peace present in the country today was achieved aftertremendous sacrifices to restore peace and order. “Our armed forces and lawenforcement agencies have rendered tremendous sacrifices to restore peaceand order, paying the ultimate price with their blood. It is now our dutyto honour their sacrifice through display of unity, faith and discipline ineverything that we do.
Let us all start the transition from conflict to progress, throughcommitment to the ideals of Allama Iqbal and Quaid-i-Azam. This is theminimum that we can do for our beautiful country,” he said.
