Development in Balochistan will bring peace to country: COAS

QUETTA: Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Raheel Sharif stressed on Thursday that development and prosperity of Balochistan will contribute towards a peaceful and progressive Pakistan.
While stressing the need for sustainable development of Balochistan, COAS General Raheel Sharif said that the Pakistan Army was committed to playing its role in socio-economic uplift of Balochistan. “As many as 20,000 youth from Balochistan have been recruited in Pakistan Army since 2010 that shows the utmost dedication of armed forces for the rising of geographically largest province of the country,” he said during a passing-out parade of Baloch recruits on Thursday in the EME Centre, Quetta. Balochistan Chief Minister Dr Abdul Malik Baloch, Southern Command Commander Lieutenant General Nasser Khan Janjua, members of provincial cabinet, Balochistan Chief Secretary Babar Yaqoob Fateh Mohammad were also present on the occasion.
The COAS stressed that development and prosperity of Balochistan will contribute towards a peaceful and progressive Pakistan, and that the army would continue to play its part in the uplift of the province. “My visit to Balochistan soon after taking over the command of Pak Army reflects my affection to the province and its people,” he maintained. He noted that the army, in view of getting more recruitment from Balochistan, has relaxed its rules and encouraged aspiring youth to become part of the armed forces and play their role for the prosperity of the country.
Gen Sharif expressed high hopes that the new recruits will play their part in safeguarding national interests and peace in Balochistan. He said that army troops always remained with the affected people whether it was flood, earthquake or some other catastrophe in Balochistan. app

COAS Raheel Sharif visits Line of Control | Pakistan

RAWALPINDI: Pakistan’s Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Raheel Sharif visited troops in forward localities along the Line of Control (LoC).

According to an ISPR press release, General Raheel Sharif appreciated the high state of morale, operational preparedness and vigil being maintained by troops on the front line. The army chief also paid rich tribute to the sacrifices of the officers and soldiers of the Pakistan Army along the LoC.

The COAS was briefed by the local formation commander on the prevailing security situation at the LoC.

General Raheel Sharif visited Field Formations deployed in FATA

Chief of Army Staff (COAS), General Raheel Sharif visited Field Formations deployed in FATA today. This is his first visit to North and South Waziristan Agencies, after assumption of command on 29 November 2013.

While interacting with officers and men at Miranshah and Wana, COAS expressed satisfaction and appreciated the state of combat readiness and very high morale of troops. He also lauded their achievements towards bringing stability in these areas through development projects being under taken by army at very high pace. These development projects are likely to contribute in the National effort for durable peace and economic prosperity in the areas affected by terrorism.

He advised the officers and men to continue working with army’s traditional unflinching resolve and utmost dedication in the service of Nation.

Earlier on arrival at Peshawar, COAS was received by Lieutenant General Kahlid Rabbani, Commander 11 Corps.

Pakistan is a Peace-Loving Country

PM Muhammad Nawaz Sharif said that Pakistan is a peace-loving country and will continue to play a responsible role for promoting peace in the world. Today Pakistan stands at the crossroads of its destiny, facing internal and external threats to its national security. Even a layman can note in wake of the present multiple crises that our country is in mess and it looks as if there is a “war of all against all” in the sense of ‘Hobbesian state of nature.’

Pakistan and its security forces are coping with suicide attacks, bomb blasts, sectarian violence and targeted-killings including sporadic battles with the militants in the tribal areas in maintaining the integrity of the federation. Pakistan’s military leadership has repeatedly been revealing that RAW, Mossad and other foreign agencies are involved in supporting insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and separatism in Balochistan including acts of terrorism in other cities of Pakistan. Former Indian Army chief General VK Singh has admitted that India sponsored bomb blasts in Pakistan and doled out money to the separatist elements in Balochistan.

The intermittent subversive events in the country coupled with attack of more than 500 heavily armed and well-trained militants who entered Pakistan’s Upper Dir area from Afghanistan, and infiltrated in Pakistan clearly indicate that some opportunist elements like the US, India and Israel are in collusion as part of a conspiracy to ‘destabilize’ Pakistan for their common strategic interests. For sinister aim, American CIA, Indian secret agency RAW and Israeli Mossad including Black water which have been sending armed militants to our country so as to commit various terror-events have also rapidly established their collective network in Pakistan.

Pakistan has been facing ethnic, linguistic and communal problems, yet survival of the country needs that all segments of the society must unite against the foreign enemies. In this connection, a blind dedication to one’s own race, tribe and creed should not be allowed to create hatred in one group against the other.