*ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan will address the nation from thefederal capital today.*

The state-owned television (PTV) has made arrangements to record theaddress of the premier at the Prime Minister secretariat. His speech willbe recorded at 5pm and telecast later this evening.

This will be his second televised address to the nation after assuming theoffice of the prime minister.

A day earlier, the premier addressed a ceremony at the General Headquartersin Rawalpindi on the occasion of Defence and Martyrs’ Day.

He said the country’s armed forces and intelligence agencies are a sourceof pride for the nation and all the other institutions could progress ifthey follow the army’s example.

Remembering the 1965 war with India, Mr Khan said that he was 12 but he andhis friends were quite enthusiastic about the defence of the country whenthey heard about the war.

He said that he was and is against fighting proxy wars and made it clearthat Pakistan will not fight anyone else’s war, nor will become part of it.

The PM also said that his government wants a foreign policy which will bein the best interest of Pakistan.