RISALPUR: Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Raheel Sharif said any aggression by the country’s enemy would be met with a befitting response as he called on the international community to condemn Indian fabrications against Pakistan.
“We have recently witnessed an unfortunate display of utter desperation playing out inside Occupied Kashmir and a long Line of Control through a litany of falsehoods and distortion of facts by India. We expect international community to condemn Indian insinuations and fabrications about a nation that has made unparallel contributions in the global fight against terrorism,” General Raheel Sharif said while addressing the passing-out parade of PAF cadets in Risalpur today.
Chief of Army Staff emphatically stated that any aggression or strategic miscalculation on the part of our enemy will not be allowed to go unpunished.
”We will be highly relentless in defending our motherland” he categorically declared.
General Raheel Sharif expressed the confidence that the united resolve of the nation and armed forces will not allow the inimical forces to succeed and their plots will be defeated.
The COAS said Pakistan desires good relations with all its neighbours but nobody should mistake our collective resolve to defend the motherland and that Pakistan is a responsible country and remains committed to follow the policy of friendship with all other countries on the basis of mutual respect and equality.
The Army Chief asserted that Pakistan Armed Forces are highly vigilant and committed to their collective resolve of defending the motherland and defeating the enemy’s nefarious designs.
Drawing attention to the Armed Forces’ efforts in the war against terrorism, General Raheel Sharif said that the Pakistan Army has successfully rooted out terrorist infrastructure and also defeated the residual terrorist elements in the form of facilitators.
He said that Pakistan is a responsible and peace-loving country and is committed to maintaining friendly relations with its neighbours.
General Raheel Sharif said Pakistan Armed Forces are among the best and most distinguished forces in the world and capable of facing up to any kind of challenge. He added that the Pakistan Air Force has successfully turned the tide against terrorism in Zarb-e-Azb.He said the exemplary cooperation between the services led to stability and is unique in this type of warfare.
He said we have achieved phenomenon success in uprooting terrorist infrastructure.
Pakistan’s Army chief added Pakistan’s enemies would now attempt to accelerate their efforts to reverse our gains and derail our progress through direct and indirect strategy. “Their nefarious designs will not be allowed to succeed at any cost. Resolute efforts to consolidate our gains in the only way forward for which we will not leave any stone unturned.”
The international community should condemn the distortion of facts by India regarding held Kashmir and the LoC, General Raheel Sharif said.
“We expect the international communtiy to condemn Indian insinuations and fabrications about a nation that has made unparalleled contributions to the global fight against terrorism.”
The Army Chief congratulated the graduates and extended his solicitations to the audience. He also inspected the parade. PAF Air Chief Marshal Sohail Aman and other high officials of all three Armed Forces also attended the ceremony.
GD pilots and cadets of various other courses were among the pass outs.