Will deal with all external, internal threats strictly: COAS

RAWALPINDI: Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa Monday said that the visit of Director General (DG) Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) Lieutenant General Faiz Hameed to Kabul remained successful.
Speaking during an informal talk with media on Defence Day, the COAS said that Lieutenant General Faiz Hameed’s Kabul visit was a constructive one rather than causing harm to anyone.
It was not aimed at insulting anyone, he added. The army chief said that threat of terrorism would remain owing to the TTP’s presence, however, the state would not allow any group to raise arms.
COAS Qamar Javed Bajwa said that they had to eliminate all sorts of terrorism and militancy from the country and had to get rid of internal enemies who are being supported by foreign elements. He hoped that peace would prevail in Afghanistan and soon good news would come from Kabul.
Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa has expressed resolve to deal strictly with all external and internal threats. He said that Pakistan Armed Forces have achieved unprecedented successes in the fight against terrorism with the support of the nation. Addressing a ceremony in connection with Defence and Martyrs Day held at the General Headquarters in Rawalpindi, the army chief said that defending homeland is sacred duty and we love it more than our own lives.
“There is no more room for any kind of extremism or violence on this land, and that no individual or group aside from the armed forces and law-enforcement agencies would be allowed to display weapons or use them. No individual or group will be allowed to blackmail the state on the basis of area, ethnicity, ideology or religion,” he said. “The use of force is the sole prerogative of the state and we will not spare any sacrifice in the journey of peace and  development. The sacrifices of the martyrs will not go in vain.”