RAWALPINDI: Pakistan COAS General Qamar Javed Bajwa sends a clear messageacross the border.
Army chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa has reiterated his resolve to protectthe country, saying there will be “no compromise on Kashmir” at any cost,according to the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR).
“Our quest for peace must never be misconstrued as weakness. There willnever be a compromise on Kashmir whatever the cost,” the chief of armystaff (COAS) made the remarks during his visit to the Line of Control (LoC)on Monday.
The visit came days after Indian troops once again violated the ceasefireviolation along the LoC, resulting in numerous civilian casualties.
On August 5, India had stripped Occupied Kashmir of the special autonomy ithad for seven decades through a rushed presidential order. Pakistan hadstrongly condemned the move and vowed to “exercise all possible options tocounter the illegal steps” taken by New Delhi.
“We are capable and fully prepared to thwart any misadventure/aggressionfor defence of our motherland,” Gen Qamar was quoted as saying by themilitary’s media wing.
The army chief also visited the Combined Military Hospital (CMH) inMuzaffarabad.
The Pakistan Army on Saturday had refuted the Indian media’s reports thatthe two Pakistani soldiers had been killed in cross-border clashes alongthe LoC between the two hostile neighbours on Friday night.
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“No major exchange of fire in Kiran or Neelum valley as being propagated byIndian media,” said a statement issued by ISPR on Saturday.
On Saturday, Prime Minister Imran Khan had warned the internationalcommunity that if India staged a false flag operation, then it wouldreceive a “befitting response” from Pakistan.
In a series of tweets, the premier had said that during the past fiveyears, the Modi’s government had been taking India towards Hindu Rashtrawith its Hindutva supremacist and fascist ideology. He added that Indiacould resort to a false flag operation to divert attention from domesticchaos and whip up war hysteria to mobilise Hindu nationalism.
“Now, with the Citizens Amendment Act, all those Indians who want apluralist India are beginning to protest and it is becoming a massmovement,” Premier Imran said. “At the same time the siege by Indianoccupation forces in IOJ&K continues and a bloodbath can be expected whenit is lifted.”
Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi on Sunday said that a “befittingresponse” is being given to India’s ceasefire violations along the LoC,resulting in large number of casualties to Indian soldiers.
