Times of Islamabad

DG ISPR takes a jibe at Indian media, asks not to forget February 27

DG ISPR takes a jibe at Indian media, asks not to forget February 27

*RAWALPINDI – Asif Ghafoor calls Indian Media ‘fake’ which has been busyspinning stories, on Wednesday (today) replying to Indian media frenzy,claims and conspiracies over the voluntary budgeting decision undertaken bythe armed forces.*

DG-ISPR Major General Asif Ghafoor emphasized that the recent misadventureby the Indian forces on 27 Feb 19 that resulted in Abhinandan’s arrestshould be a glaring reminder to India about Pakistan’s capacity andcapability, which was a triumphant victory for the Pakistan Armed Forcesworking in the limitations of the current defence budget allocation.

The tweet read: “Indian fake media busy spinning on our internal defbudgeting choice.Don’t forget,we were the same forces with same budget on27 Feb 19. We hv the capability & capacity to respond. Remember, it’s notbudgeting, it’s resolve of force & the nation firmly standing behind itsforces.”

Director General of the Public Relations wing of the Armed forces stressedthat it is never money which makes a soldier or an Army better,rather resolve & the nation firmly standing behind its forces which makesthem become the best at their respective duties.

The Minister for Information at the time of the Balakot misadventure byIndia and the the current Minister for Science and Technology, FawadChaudhry chipped in with his take on the situation and tweeted that theIndian media behaved like a subservient pet of it’s military establishment.

Fawad’s tweet read: “Indian media is a classic case that what media shouldnever be! They toe their agencies and establishment line like a pet, in #link* indian media earnedworld wide notoriety for war mongering and seems they are first to geteffected by Hinduvata doctrine.”