Last Updated: April 15, 2023, 00:52 IST
Pak General Munir and his senior officers got here to Parliament for the briefing session which was presided over by the National Assembly Speaker, Raja Pervaiz Ashraf. (Image Credit: Twitter)
His remarks got here because the army’s prime brass briefed the lawmakers on the prevailing safety state of affairs
Army chief General Asim Munir on Friday urged lawmakers to concentrate on “our Pakistan” as an alternative of debating over ‘Naya’ or ‘Purana’ Pakistan and prolonged Army’s full help to them within the nation’s journey towards growth and success.
His remarks got here because the army’s prime brass briefed the lawmakers on the prevailing safety state of affairs, days after the county determined to launch a recent operation in opposition to militants.
According to a National Assembly Secretariat, the agenda of the in-camera assembly was the “current issues of National Security”.
General Munir and his senior officers got here to Parliament for the briefing session which was presided over by the National Assembly Speaker, Raja Pervaiz Ashraf.
Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari after attending the briefing instructed the media that nationwide safety was the main target of the session.
No assertion was issued after the briefing which was held after the highest civil and army management final week reaffirmed their dedication to thwart terrorism threats and launch a brand new operation in opposition to militants following a spike in assaults by the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan.
The Express Tribune reported that through the briefing General Munir urged lawmakers to concentrate on “our Pakistan” as an alternative of on the controversy over naya (new) or purana (outdated) Pakistan.
The time period ’Naya Pakistan’ was utilized by Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf: Chairman Imran Khan when he got here to energy in 2018.
“Pakistan has no dearth of resources and manpower,” the Army chief stated, including the elected representatives of the folks ought to decide the nation’s vacation spot, and that the Army would totally help them within the journey in direction of Pakistan’s growth and success.
According to sources, members of the National Assembly welcomed the military chief’s views by clapping.
The Army chief emphasised that the folks of Pakistan are the ”centre of gravity”, and that the Constitution of Pakistan and the Parliament are the reflections of their opinions.
“The people express their opinion through the Constitution and the Parliament,” he maintained.
The Army chief stated there are not any no-go areas in Pakistan because of the sacrifices of troopers.
He asserted that terrorists don’t have any different choice however to just accept the state’s writ.
General Munir stated that the safety forces are ready to keep up peace within the nation, and are conducting intelligence-based operations every day to realize this objective.
Earlier through the assembly, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif paid tribute to the nation’s regulation enforcement businesses together with the military, rangers, and police, for his or her sacrifices within the battle in opposition to terrorism.
“Peace was restored by the great sacrifices of our martyrs, and this hard work was wasted in four years,” stated the premier, in an obvious reference to the tenure of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf: authorities.
The demand for the briefing was made by lawmakers from the tribal area which had been badly hit by the preventing in opposition to the militants.
The TTP has turn into a risk to nationwide safety.
According to the Pakistan Institute for Conflict and Security Studies, an Islamabad-based think-tank, January 2023 was one of many deadliest months since July 2018, as 134 folks misplaced their lives in no less than 44 militant assaults throughout the nation.
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