We have stayed the course and will keep on it: DG ISPR

by Tauqeer Abbas
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Major General Babar Iftikhar on Monday said the past decade has been a challenging time for Pakistan.

DG ISPR addressed a press conference focusing on reviewing efforts in the security domain and the challenges of Covid-19 and locust attack and how Pakistan successfully overcame the issues.

“We have stayed the course and we will stay the course,” the DG ISPR said.

He further stated that the challenges that Pakistan faced were overwhelming but as a nation, Pakistan stood resolute.

DG ISPR stated that no terrorist stronghold was found in the country.

He explained that the there were small unorganized groups but there was no evidence of an organizational infrastructure.

Answering a question he said that the army chief will be visiting bereaved families of the Machh coal miners this week.

Major General Iftikhar stated that the EU disinformation Lab report has manifested Pakistan’s claims and said that the world was now talking about it.

“Even if you mute it, the truth always prevails,” the DG ISPR said adding that the report was a third-party report.

In response to another question concerning Pakistan Democratic Movement’s threats of marching towards Rawalpindi, the spokesperson said that that the Pakistan Army sees no reason why they [the political movement] to do so.

“But even if they want to come to Rawalpindi, we will serve them water,” he added.

Responding to a question regarding the country’s current political scenario, the DG ISPR stated that the allegations being levelled were such that don’t even merit a response. “The army does not need to intervene in political matters and neither should it be dragged into politics,” he said.

Dismissing rumours that the army was holding talks with the PDM leadership, he said that it was not the army’s job to intervene in political matters.

“The government is responding to all these allegations and doing a good job at it,” he added.

Express Tribune

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