ISLAMABAD: Ambassadors/Heads of Mission of resident Missions in Islamabadwere briefed today by the Foreign Minister, Foreign Secretary, Chief ofGeneral Staff (CGS), Director General Military Operations (DG MO) andDirector General Military Intelligence (DG MI) in the Ministry of ForeignAffairs, on Pakistan’s achievements and challenges in counter-terrorismefforts, and combating violent extremism; unprecedented escalations ofIndian ceasefire violations at the LoC and the Working Boundary; and thegross Indian atrocities in IoK.
Welcoming the participants, the Foreign Minister stated that the briefinghad been arranged to inform the diplomatic corps about the massivecounter-terrorism efforts that Pakistan had undertaken in the last 16years, more so the developments in the last 4 years.
They were provided details about the success of Operation Zarb-e-Azb andRadd-ul-Fassad which had eliminated terrorist presence in Pakistan. Theywere also briefed about the terrorist threat emanating from the safe havensand sanctuaries in Afghanistan, which is resulting in loss of human livesand damage to infrastructure in Pakistan.
Details were also provided on how Indian belligerence and unhelpfulposturing is distracting Pakistan’s counter terrorism efforts and how anactive RAW/NDS nexus is verifiably working to undermine Pakistan’s internalstability. Ambassadors were shown evidence of an Indian campaign ofunprecedented ceasefire violations, provocations and insinuations includingterrorism in the form of IED attacks against innocent civilians on thePakistan side of the LoC and the WB. These Indian activities constitute anunfortunate ”New Normal” aimed at destabilizing the entire region.
The members of the diplomatic corps condoled the loss of human lives in theterrorist attack in Quetta yesterday. The Chief of General Staff thankedthem and informed the diplomatic corps that yesterday’s terrorist attackhad been traced back to Afghanistan.
The comprehensive and detailed briefing by the civil and militaryleadership was appreciated by members of the diplomatic corps.