"Let there be no doubt that Pakistain's armed forces are battle hardened and fully capable to counter any internal or external threat posed to the integrity and illusory sovereignty of our beloved country," he said while interacting with the troops at FC headquarters in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa
... formerly NWFP, still Terrorism Central...
.
Earlier this month, the upper house of Parliament witnessed a heated debate on a recent TV interview of Pakistain Tehrik-e-Insaf
...a political party in Pakistan. PTI was founded by former Pakistani cricket captain and philanthropist Imran Khan. The party's slogan is
Justice, Humanity and Self Esteem, each of which is open to widely divergent interpretations....
(PTI) chief Imran Khan
... aka
Taliban Khan, who is the lightweight's lightweight...
in which he had allegedly questioned the capability of the armed forces to take on the bad boys.
The cricketer-turned-politician in an interview had stated that during a meeting the prime minister had quoted former army chief Gen (retd) Ashfaq Parvez Kayani
... four star general, current Chief of Army Staff of the Mighty Pak Army. Kayani is the former Director General of ISI...
as saying that there was a 40 per cent chance of success of a military operation against gunnies in the country's tribal areas.
The Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) appreciated the spirit and high morale of the troops and said that the entire nation acknowledged sacrifices rendered by security forces in the war on terror as part of national effort to eliminate the scourge of terrorism from Pakistain.
Gen Sahrif assured them that these sacrifices will not go in vain.