Summary Any aggression will leave enemy with unbearable loss, Army Chief warns
ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) – Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Raheel Sharif on Sunday warned the enemies by saying that any aggression will leave the enemy with ‘unbearable loss’, Dunya News reported.
Addressing the central ceremony on golden jubilee of Defence Day held at the General Headquarters (GHQ), General Sharif said terrorists, supporters and facilitators will be brought to justice.
He said establishment of peace in the region is not possible by ignoring the Kashmir dispute.
The army chief said there’s no match of the Pakistan Army in the world, adding that he pays salutes to the martyrs and ghazis of the 1965 war.
“I’m proud that I am the chief of the best army in the world”, he said, adding that the Pakistan Army is capable of thwarting any kind of aggression.
He said Pakistan Army is ever ready whether it is a cold war or an active one, adding that he reiterates the determination that the blood of martyrs will not go in vain.
General Sharif said the attack on the Army Public School (APS) in Peshawar was the extreme of cruelty and barbarity and that the APS students gave a new strength to the nation.
“By the grace of God and prayers of the nation, the security institutions have controlled the situation”, he said. “Most of the terrorists involved in the APS attack have faced their end”.
The Army Chief also praised the media for exposing the real face of terrorists. He warned that the military leadership won’t rest until terrorists, their financers and facilitators are duly dealt with.
He said success to a great extent in establishing peace in Karachi and Balochistan has been achieved, adding that the writ of state will be established.
Talking on the Kashmir conflict, General Sharif said that people of the Indian-held Kashmir are being subjected to cruelty, oppression and injustices. He said peace in the region is not possible by putting aside the Kashmir dispute.
“The Kashmir dispute must be resolved right according to the United Nations (UN) resolutions”, he said.
On Afghnistan, the army chief said Pakistan made sincere efforts to establish peace in Afghanistan; however, they are concerned with the worsening situation.
“Some anti-peace forces are trying to harm our efforts in Afghanistan,” he said.
The Army Chief said the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor project (CPEC) is important not only for Pakistan but also for the region, adding that completion of the project is a ‘national duty’.
