Armed forces won’t allow anyone to destabilise country: COAS

Staff Reporter
KAKUL: Chief of the Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa has said that the Pakistan Army has offered countless sacrifices to get the country rid of the terrorism during the past two decades.
He also made it crystal clear that the armed forces with the support of the citizens will never allow any country, group or force to politically or economically destabilize Pakistan.
Addressing the passing-out parade of the 146th Long Course at Pakistan Military Academy (PMA) in Kakul on Saturday, General Bajwa said Pakistan is a peaceful country and wants peace and stability in the region.
“Pakistan wants good and peaceful relations with its neighbours but our desire for peace must not be taken as our weakness. We want resolution of all issues through peaceful talks,” he said and added “Pakistan’s frontiers are in safe hands and we will not let any weaken our country.”
The Army Chief asked the cadets not to pay attention to fake news and its propaganda.
The Army Chief also urged the cadets not to lay focus on fake news and political debates; however “We always have to respect the democratic institutions.”
“I would also like to extend my heartiest felicitations to the cadets of our brotherly countries on completion of their military training at the Pakistan Military Academy,” he added.
General Bajwa made it crystal clear that the armed forces with the support of the citizens will never allow any country, group (jetha) or force to politically or economically destabilize Pakistan.
The Army Chief said Pakistan is a peace-loving country. He said Pakistan in its quest for peace has extended sincere and all-out efforts to evolve good neighbourly relations with all neighbours and regional countries.
General Bajwa said “We are trying our best to break the political logjam which has denied the countries of South Asia to move forward and resolve all regional and bilateral issues in a peaceful and dignified manner.”
The Army Chief stressed that people of South Asia also deserve prosperity and better living conditions. “This can only happen with sustained economic growth, development and above all lasting peace. Therefore, we must try hard to keep flames of war away from the region,” he added.
The COAS said “We must give peace a chance by developing a mechanism to resolve all bilateral issues peacefully. We should collectively fight hunger, poverty, illiteracy, population explosion, climate change and disease.”
General Bajwa, however, said Pakistan’s desire for peace should not be construed as its weakness. He said no one should make any mistake about our collective resolve to defend our core interests and every inch of motherland, reminding that they have paid both in blood and kind to safeguard the country’s sovereignty and integrity.
The Army Chief said Pakistan Army with the full support and confidence of the nation turned the tide against terrorism in the last two decades and ensured that organized terrorism is decisively rooted out from Pakistan. “This is indeed a unique accomplishment that not many countries or armies can claim,” he added.