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Hostile elements giving sectarian colour to terrorist incidents in Pakistan: ISPR
[DAWN] The Pakistain Army has called for a unified response to what it said was a "malicious" campaign by hostile intelligence agencies and anti-state elements to give a sectarian and ethnic colour to a recent string of terrorist incidents in the country that mainly targeted minority Shias."Having failed to divide us through terrorism, our enemy is now trying to target and fragment us along sectarian/ethnic lines which merits a unified national response," said an Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) blurb on Wednesday. The people of Pakistain need to be cognisant of the campaign, which is also "unwittingly" being spread on social media, said the statement, adding that the army is closely following the situation. "For us every shaheed [martyred]/injured is equal, regardless of sect/ethnicity and indeed is a great loss," it quoted Chief of Army Staff Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa as saying. "We all are Paks and Moslems who fully respect the religious rights of our Pak minorities." Posted by: Fred 2017-06-29 |
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