Director General Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Lieutenant General Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry on Tuesday gave a comprehensive overview of the counter-terrorism measures taken over the last one year.
Addressing a press conference in Rawalpindi, the army spokesperson harshly criticized Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leaders in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, blaming them for the rise in terrorism.
The ISPR Director General has stated emphatically that Pakistan will win the war against terrorism not through appeasement but through force and might.
Key takeaways
— Lt. Gen. Chaudhry said last year was a historic and momentous year in the fight against terrorism, as more than 75,000 intelligence-based operations were carried out across the country.
– Referring to 10 major terrorist incidents that took place last year, the ISPR Director General said that those involved in them were all Afghans.
— Army spokesperson said 1,200 civilians and security personnel were martyred, while more than 2,500 terrorists were killed last year.
— He said that Afghanistan has become the central point from which terrorists of all kinds feed.
— ISPR Director General said that the Afghan Taliban regime provides the base of operations to terrorist groups, which receive funding and sponsorship from India.
— The ISPR chief said the Afghan Taliban regime has found a “new hero” in the form of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
— He said that the sophisticated weapons left by the United States are also at the disposal of terrorist groups.
– He, while probing Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), said that political-terrorist nexus is the reason behind the rise in terrorist incidents in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
— The military spokesperson said the PTI is “resisting” counterterrorism efforts at all forums and “seeking help from Afghanistan.”
— He said: “We have to win the war against terrorism at all costs. We have to win this war with force.”
