Times of Islamabad

Pakistan Army responds after PM tweet over defence budget cut

Pakistan Army responds after PM tweet over defence budget cut

RAWALPINDI – Directory General Inter Services Public Relations (DG ISPR)Major General Asif Ghafoor on Wednesday said, “voluntary cuts in thedefence budget for a year would not be at the cost of defence and security.”

Soon after PM Imran’s Tweeter message, lauding the “unprecedented voluntaryinitiative of stringent cuts” by the Pakistan armed forces, the military’sspokesperson tweeted: “We shall maint effective response potential to allthreats.

Three services will manage impact of the cut through appropriate internalmeasures. It was imp to participate in dev of tribal areas & Bln.”