ISLAMABAD – Pakistan’s top military commander has said the armed forcesplayed their part by voluntarily foregoing annual increase in defencebudget and “this is not the only step” we are taking for improvement ofeconomy.
“Pakistan is going through difficult economic situation, and we all need tofulfill our responsibilities so that difficult initiatives taken by thegovernment succeed,” Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa saidwhile addressing a seminar titled “Pakistan’s Economy: Challenges and WayForward” at National Defence University Islamabad on Friday.
“It is time to be a nation,” he was quoted as saying by the Inter ServicesPublic Relations (ISPR).7
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“There cannot be any sovereignty in the absence of economic sovereignty,”the army chief added.
