{"id":5938,"date":"2021-02-09T13:03:40","date_gmt":"2021-02-09T13:03:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/?p=5938"},"modified":"2021-02-09T13:03:43","modified_gmt":"2021-02-09T13:03:43","slug":"army-has-nothing-to-do-with-politics-says-dg-ispr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/pakistan-news\/army-has-nothing-to-do-with-politics-says-dg-ispr\/","title":{"rendered":"Army has nothing to do with politics, says DG ISPR"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

LAHORE – Director General Inter-Services\u00a0Public Relations Major General Babar Iftikhar strongly condemned the recent wave of hearsay claiming Pakistan Army\u2019s backdoor contacts with Pakistan Democratic Movement for making any intervention into political matters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his response to the speculations raised by the PDM leadership to a private news channel, the DG ISPR said army has nothing to do with politics. He said those maligning the army\u2019s role in this regard are advised to abstain from making such statements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He said Army has the biggest responsibility of security and safeguarding the motherland and is busy in dispensing its duties in this regard. Major General Babar Iftikhar categorically denied any indirect contact with any political leader. He said it is inappropriate to comment on political matters and linking it to the Army without any proof and all such hearsay must come to an end now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe people who are making speculations, I requested them previously as well (and) I will tell them again: do not drag army into politics,\u201d the ISPR chief said. The armed forces already have their hands full with the huge responsibility of looking at security, internal and external threats, Maj Gen Babar Iftikhar said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

He said that such speculations should be shut down and if someone has evidence to support claims of backdoor contacts, they should bring it forward. \u201cI would again request please don\u2019t drag the institution into this dialogue,\u201d he reiterated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chinese vaccine<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Major General Babar Iftikhar also spoke about a donation of vaccine doses to the Pakistan Army by China\u2019s People\u2019s Liberation Army (PLA). He said that the military leadership has decided that the vaccine, which was meant to be administered to army personnel, will be donated to the ongoing national vaccination drive so that Pakistan\u2019s frontline workers can be given this vaccine. In the first phase of the vaccination drive, the vaccine is being provided to frontline health workers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pakistan Army continues search operation to find missing mountaineers<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Maj Gen Iftikhar termed frontline health workers as the real heroes of the nation whose tireless efforts and sacrifices helped the nation in fighting this pandemic. He also thanked the PLA for its magnanimous gesture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Action against terrorists<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The DG ISPR<\/a> further said that a recent United Nations report acknowledged the ongoing efforts of the Pakistan government against elements involved in terrorist activities. \u201cWe had already presented evidence a long time ago about the regrouping of these terrorist organisations, who is supporting them, how they are collaborating, and how they are harmful for the entire region,\u201d Maj Gen Babar Iftikhar said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIn my opinion, India has been exposed to a considerable extent. We have talked about this, I have informed [the nation] through my pressers. I was also in the presser with the foreign minister at the Foreign Office [where] a dossier was presented in front of the whole world.\u201d It is a good thing, the massive acknowledgement of what we have been trying to say and hopefully the world is going to take notice of this.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Missing mountaineers<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The ISPR chief hailed Mohammad Ali Sadpara, a mountaineer who has been missing for the past three days along with two others, as a \u201cnational hero\u201d and assured that the Pakistan Army will continue its search and rescue operation in order to find him and his companions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cFor the last two days as well, army helicopters have been flying there at their maximum ceiling and due to the worsening conditions, could not go beyond a certain level. Today too, the search and rescue mission has been sent for the third day,\u201d he shared.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He acknowledged that it was a \u201cvery challenging mission\u201d which was made more difficult by weather conditions. After reports that Sadpara, along with John Snorri from Iceland and JP Mohr Prieto from Chile, successfully summited K2, news emerged that the three had gone missing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The three lost contact with the base camp late on Friday and were reported missing on Saturday after their support team stopped receiving reports from them during their ascent of the 8,611m-high K2. Search and rescue operations have been underway since then, but they have not been traced yet.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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