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Borders are secure, armed forces prepared to meet any situation: coas Fawad urges world to support Afghanistan for formation of inclusive government IsLAMABAD APP
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hief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa has said that due to timely steps for western zone border management, Pakistan’s borders are secure. The army chief said this while talking to a delegation comprising members of Parliamentary Kashmir Committee and Defence Committees of the Senate and National Assembly, who visited the General headquarters (GhQ) on Monday, said a statement issued by the inter-Services Public Relations (iSPR).
General Bajwa said, “Due to our timely steps for western zone border management, Alhamdolillah today despite challenges, Pakistan’s borders are secure and we are prepared to meet any situation.” The army chief said that armed forces, with support of the nation, have achieved unprecedented successes in fight against terrorism and bringing normalcy in the country. Alluding to the benefits of regional connectivity, the COAS highlighted the importance of restoration of peace in Afghanistan for sustainable development of the region. he reiterated Pakistan Army’s
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support and commitment to Kashmir cause and people of Kashmir. “The world must know that without a peaceful resolution of the Kashmir issue, peace and stability will remain elusive,” the COAS reiterated. The delegation was given a detailed briefing on the security environment, including the situation on the borders and Pakistan Army’s efforts for peace and stability. The delegation had an exhaustive interactive session with General Bajwa that concluded with resolve to continue the struggle against violent extremism through a synergetic whole-of-thenation approach, said the iSPR.
The world needs to support Kabul, where the Taliban are struggling to form an inclusive government, in achieving the goal that was imperative for a stable Afghanistan, Minister for information and Broadcasting fawad Chaudhry said on Monday. Speaking to TRT World, a Turkish news broadcaster, he said the West has embarrassed itself by refusing to listen to Pakistan about its apprehensions and expressed fear that if mistakes of the past were repeated, the situation in Afghanistan would only further deteriorate. The government in Afghanistan has to be formed by the people of Afghanistan, he said. The regional and the world powers share responsibility in facilitating this process, he stressed. The minister said Pakistan was facilitating the process of installing an all-inclusive broad-based regime in Afghanistan. The wartorn country had been left alone in the past, he added, expressing fear that the international community was going to repeat the same mistakes. “if the same mistakes are repeated again, that means we will create a hub of extremist organisations right at the border of Pakistan which is obviously worrisome for us,” he said. he said when the Soviet Union withdrew from Afghanistan in 1988, Pakistan had to
Bilawal says PPP has shown country how to oust PM Imran News Desk Pakistan People’s Party Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has said the party has already “shown a way to the whole country to get rid of Prime Minister imran Khan” when it managed to make former prime minister Yousuf Raza Gilani win in the Senate polls in March instead of Pakistan Tehreek-e-insaf candidate Abdul hafeez Shaikh. Addressing a press conference in Sukkur on Monday, a day after the comeback rally of the Pakistan Democratic Movement, he said that if the other opposition parties agreed to “first attack Punjab and then go the national level, then this government will go home”. if the opposition was serious, then it could pull off “such a big feat, the example of which you won’t find in the democratic system” similar to how it had “defeated the prime minister from his own electoral college” during the Senate polls, he added. Talking about mass resignations — the issue which led to PPP’s separation from the alliance — the PPP chairperson said the PDM parliamentarians should resign “on principle
deal with the deteriorating situation on the ground and now the United States and NATO troops have withdrawn hastily from Afghanistan, and Pakistan again was again left to deal with the matter. Now Pakistan was keeping a close eye on this matter, said the minister. if the situation in Afghanistan did not stabilise, millions of people would start moving towards Pakistan, he said. he recalled Pakistan has been hosting 3.5 million Afghan refugees for more than three decades and the country’s economy could not afford the expenses of more refugees. The efforts of the international community were necessary to solve the Afghanistan question, said fawad. he said Pakistan was playing the role of a responsible state and striving for a stable Afghanistan and was working with regional and international powers in this regard. Unrest in Afghanistan was detrimental not only to Pakistan but to the entire world, he asserted. As the was Kabul was achieved without firing a single bullet, there was no crisis for refugees at the moment and the situation on the borders was normal right now, he said to a question. “We have evacuated foreigners and those working for foreign companies from Kabul”, he said, recalling that special Pakistan international Airlines flights have evacuated over 4,500 people from Afghanistan.
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PM directs for completing construction of dams within stipulated time since we are not together [and] that was their problem”. The votes of PDM members who were a part of the National Assembly were being “wasted”, he claimed. Bilawal invited the opposition to support the PPP, stressing that it could “not only give a tough time to the government but also remove it”. The PPP chairman said that PTi promised to provide 10 million jobs and had instead snatched the livelihoods of the poor people. he said imran Khan also promised to construct 5 million homes for the poor adding that PM’s house in Bani Gala was regularized but the houses of
the poor in the slumps (Kachi Abadi) were demolished. Bilawal said that if imran Khan would have come in the power after winning the election he would have solved the problems of the people. “Peoples Party has a history of providing jobs to the people, “he said. While addressing party workers, Bilawal also said that Pakistan Tehreek-e-insaf knows that patwaris and maulana are no threat to its government. Bilawal said that only PPP is standing firm against the incumbent government as jiyalas know how to face puppets as well as terrorists.
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