Rawalpindi (June 24, 2017): Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa asked the other stakeholders, who are fighting against terrorism particularly Afghanistan, time has come to do more.
He made these views during a high-level meeting in Rawalpindi on Saturday, ISPR said in a press releases after the end of the meeting.
The army chief’s latest statement comes in the wake of a spate of terror activities‘ which have killed at least 85 people and left many others wounded.
“Pakistan has done the best and maximum in the fight against terrorism. It is time now for other stakeholders, especially Afghanistan, to do more,” COAS urged.
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“Pakistan has done the best and max in fight against terrorism, it is time now for other stake holders esp Afg to ‘Do More’,” COAS. pic.twitter.com/KbEaWhWaD2— Maj Gen Asif Ghafoor (@OfficialDGISPR) June 24, 2017
Following the deadly twin blasts in Parachinar and the attack in Quetta on Friday, the ISPR tweeted saying that the recent terror incidents were “[linked to sanctuaries across the Pak-Afghan border.”
The ISPR announced that security and surveillance of the Pak-Afghan border had been intensified after the two attacks.
The COAS in the meeting today was briefed in detail about the recent incidents and their manifest linkages with terrorist sanctuaries in Afghanistan operating under the patronage of Afghanistan’s National Directorate of Security (NDS) and Indian spy agency Research and Analysis Wing, ISPR said.
“Pakistan is one of the few countries which have borne the brunt of terrorism and made monumental sacrifices to effectively neutralise this menace in its state territories,” the army chief told the meeting.
“Unfortunately our sacrifices against terrorism are not well-acknowledged and we are often subjected to demands of ‘do more’,” he said.
“While counter-terrorism efforts by Pakistan [will] continue, it is time now for the other stakeholders, particularly Afghanistan, to ‘do more’,” Gen Bajwa said, reiterating the Pakistan would continue to contribute towards regional peace and stability and not allow use of its territory against other countries.
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