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| Hostile foreign agencies trying to destabilise country, warns COAS |
| 2017-09-26 |
| [DAWN] Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa on Monday warned that "hostile agencies from abroad are trying to destabilise our country", days after a cross-border attack on a checkpost near the Rajgal Valley border martyred one soldier, the army's media wing said in a blurb. "They [hostile agencies] fear the Army being a hurdle to achieving their nefarious designs," Gen Bajwa said during a visit to the family of Lt Arsalan Alam, the 22-year-old martyred soldier, according to an Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) handout. The army chief said the armed forces would continue to perform in the country's best interests and stand by the nation against all challenges, the handout read. "Pakistain's enemy is our enemy. Use of force is the prerogative of the state alone," he said, according to ISPR. The army chief vowed to restore peace and rule of law "whatever sacrifices it may cost." During his visit to Lt Alam's family home in Murree, the army chief paid tribute to the soldier and offered prayers for him, the ISPR said. He also interacted with his family and said that the army and nation are proud of their deaders for their sacrifices, ISPR said. "No power can harm us... [as long as] we have such valiant sons of the soil and their brave parents in Pakistain," he added. The Pakistain Army recently concluded Operation Khyber IV in the Rajgal valley and declared that the area was cleared off terrorists. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 Not to be confused with domestic agencies trying to destabilize the US. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2017-09-26 08:15 |