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Pakistan Army’s statement not political

Posted by FS On Wednesday, 13 November 2013 0 comments

Federal Information Minister Pervaiz Rasheed,  stated that the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) statement directed at the Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) chief  Munawar Hassan was not an interference in politics, Express News reported on Tuesday.
“ISPR’s statement is the voice of every Pakistani,” said the information minister, endorsing ISPR’s condemnation of the JI chief Munawar Hassan calling the the slain Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) chief Hakimullah a ‘martyr.’
The Jamaat-e-Islami had held a meeting on Monday to specifically discuss the Pakistan Army’s press statement.
“The Pakistan army does not have the right to make political or democratic statements,” JI General Secretary Liaquat Baloch had stated.
Baloch also said that a letter regarding the involvement of ISPR in politics would be sent to the Prime Minister.
“Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has not received any letter from Liaquat Baloch,” revealed Rasheed, who is a known figure in the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N).
Background
In addition to calling Mehsud a martyr, JI chief had reportedly said on television that if an American who died on the battlefield was not a martyr, then his backers were also not martyrs because they were chasing the same goal. This was implicitly directed towards the Pakistan Army.
The ISPR had then demanded an apology from the JI chief and stated that Hassan should take his words back.
Within 24 hours of Pakistan Army’s angry rejoinder to a controversial statement by the JI ameer Syed Munawar Hassan, the party’s Shura (consultative body) had pored over the issue during a meeting on November 11.
Though no formal clarification was issued as was demanded in the ISPR statement, JI leaders had said their party considered everyone who dies fighting for the country a martyr (Shaheed).
The Shura meeting – which was chaired by JI chief Syed Munawar Hassan – had agreed that the armed forces have no right to interfere in politics or democratic issues. Briefing the media after the meeting, JI Secretary Baloch had said the Shura decided to draw the government’s attention to the matter because the military’s interference in politics was unacceptable.
JI chief Hassan had stated that his statement regarding the Pakistan Army was correctaccording to Sharia Law during a party session held in Lahore on November 11.
JI Secretary Baloch and senior JI leader Fareed Piracha were also present at the session, which was held to specifically discuss the Pakistan army’s response to Hassan calling the slain TTP chief Mehsud a ‘martyr.’
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Pak Army being targeted as a part of conspiracy, say Musharraf

Posted by FS On Friday, 16 November 2012 0 comments

Former President General (retd) Pervez Musharraf said on Wednesday that the Pakistan Army was “needlessly being targeted” in order to debilitate Pakistan, reported BBC Urdu. In an interview to the...
Former President General (retd) Pervez Musharraf said on Wednesday that the Pakistan Army was “needlessly being targeted” in order to debilitate Pakistan, reported BBC Urdu.
In an interview to the BBC in Dubai, Musharraf said that currently, it appeared as if “army officials were being targeted” and that conspiracies were being hatched to do so.
He said that the army plays a central role in Pakistan and in order to weaken the country, some elements were trying to weaken the army.
‘Had directed ISI to disband political cells’
Musharraf said that as the chief of army staff back then, he had directed the Inter-Services Intelligence to disband political cells and to stay away from matters of politics.
He said, “I had directed the then chief of ISI General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani that the institution he was heading – the ISI – should not intervene in politics. However, I did not issue him written directives in this regard.”
The former president said that he did not say this as a formal order, but both him and Kayani had thought that the ISI should not intervene in political matters.
“This is the reason why there was no rigging done in 2008 elections and neither any such complaint had surfaced,” said Musharraf.
‘Reopening old cases is in no one’s favour’
Speaking on the Asghar Khan case, Musharraf said that it was only a distraction and was causing a conflict between state institutions. “Any tension between institutions is dangerous for Pakistan.”
He said, “We are getting ourselves into trouble by holding on to issues from the past and that the reopening of a 15-year-old case was in no one’s favour.” Musharraf said that “if you want to go back, then why not question the separation of East Pakistan, assassinations of Ayub Khan and Liaquat Ali Khan?”
Musharraf said that “We should keep our focus on the present and the future.”
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At least 5 militants killed in Pak Army operation in South Waziristan

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At least five militants were killed and several militant hideouts destroyed Wednesday in a military operation by Pakistani security forces in South Waziristan tribal region, officials said. Gunship helicopters pounded...
At least five militants were killed and several militant hideouts destroyed Wednesday in a military operation by Pakistani security forces in South Waziristan tribal region, officials said.
Gunship helicopters pounded several militant hideouts of the banned Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) in Sanzela village, located east of South Waziristan’s main town of Wana. Sources said several bunkers and compounds in use by militants were destroyed.
Six suspected militants were also reported to be injured in the operation.
Military sources said the operation commenced at first light of day and was carried out through the evening.
South Waziristan is one of seven regions in Pakistan’s Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), governed by tribal laws. An extremist insurgency led by the Pakistani Taliban (TTP) plagues the region, which is close to the porous Pak-Afghan border, while the area is known to be infested with militants, including the al Qaeda, the Taliban and several other armed extremist organisations.
Reliable casualty figures are difficult to acquire in the tribal areas, which are largely off-limits to reporters, because of security worries and government restrictions.
The TTP have killed thousands of soldiers, police and civilians over the past few years, declaring war on the government to get it to break ties with the United States and establish Islamic law throughout the country.
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FRAUD UNVEILED BY MI (MILITARY INTELLIGENCE)

Posted by PakImpersonator On Friday, 13 January 2012 0 comments
After the comprehensive investigation of Pakistan's MI (Military Intelligence) into the matter that was spread in national and international media during the country's critical political situation to dirvert the attention by the mainstream news channels and newspapers, they have come to a conclusion that it was a fraud and the stroy told by Shams-ul-Anwar was fabricated. Later the case was handed was over to the local police.
A fraud scheme to collect funds by Shamsul Anwar, came to an end on Wednesday when DSP Cantt Circle Sardar Shahbaz Khan, during a press conference, told media that Anwar fabricated a story.
The Rawalpindi Police, responding to a story of Pakistan’s most circulated English newspapers,The News, investigated the matter and registered a case against Shamsul Anwar, the father of a so-called unfortunate girl named Madina Anwar, who was reportedly ‘kidnapped for ransom’ by a terrorist outfit but found in Peshawar with her family members.
He said that Shamsul Anwar fabricated the story to make money off of public sympathies. He also said police had arrested him after registering a case of fraud (number 22/12) under Section 420, 499, 500 and 504 of the Pakistan Penal Code (PPC).
He said the man had claimed that his daughter had been kidnapped but she was married and was living happily with her husband only a few yards from her parents’ house.



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Pak military commander urges Nato to go after terrorist safe havens in Afghanistan

Posted by SA On Saturday, 29 October 2011 0 comments


Peshawar: Corps Commander Peshawar, Lieutenant General Asif Yaseen Malik on Saturday urged the Nato forces to eliminate terrorists safe haven in Afghanistan.
He said that Pakistan would take action against the militants in its territory and the foreign forces should also do so on other side of border.

Talking to media after addressing to students at Government High school, South Waziristan, Malik said that military would remain in tribal areas till complete elimination of terrorism. He said on Saturday that 80-per cent area of South Waziristan has been cleared from terrorists.

Malik said that borders of Bajaur, Dir and Chitral had been sealed to thwart cross border attacks from Afghanistan.

He said that military had record of the terrorists and keeping vigilant eye on them.


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China not seeking millitary bases in Pakistan: FO

Posted by PakImpersonator On Friday, 28 October 2011 0 comments
ISLAMABAD (Agencies) - Extending its diplomatic and moral support for the cause of Kashmiri people, Pakistan said on Thursday that it was committed to supporting the Kashmiris’ right to self-determination.

Foreign Office spokesperson Tehmina Janjua, in her weekly press briefing said: “Pakistan continues to discuss Kashmir issue with India at every possible occasion and it figured in resumed dialogue process between the two countries.” She said the Kashmir issue was also discussed during the last meeting of the foreign ministers of Pakistan and India and it will remain on the agenda in talks with India. The spokesperson said Pakistan’s policy is Kashmir is very clear and the issue was raised at all the important international fora. She said: “We would also like to express complete solidarity with the Kashmiri people as they mark today, October 27, the Black Day.”
Replying to a question, she said Pakistan evaluates recent visit of US Secretary of State to Islamabad positively.
“It was useful and constructive as it allowed opportunity for in depth discussions leading to broad convergence of views at the strategic level,” she added. The spokesperson said there is a complex situation in the region requiring clarity of purpose, objectivity and firm determination and that is what the two countries are aiming to look at. She said President Asif Ali Zardari will hold talks with Afghan and Turkish leaders on the eve of a long-awaited conference on Afghanistan in Istanbul.
Afghan President Hamid Karzai and Turkish President Abullah Gul will also attend the meeting on Saturday, Janjua told reporters. The agenda will include peace, stability and reconciliation in Afghanistan and economic cooperation for Afghanistan, she said. “Pakistan strongly supports these areas” and will continue to “contribute constructively to all endeavours and initiatives in this regard,” she said. Turkey hosts a regional conference on Afghanistan on November 2 in Istanbul, which Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar will attend.
“Pakistan supports efforts for a secure, peaceful and prosperous Afghanistan contributing to stability, security and prosperity in the region,” Janjua said.
“It is important that unity of purpose and the region’s support for Afghanistan must be ensured through consensus decision making.”
On reports published in a section of press that China was seeking military bases in Pakistan, the spokesperson rejecting these reports said this was rubbish and mere fabrication.
She said President Zardari and Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani have sent messages to the Turkish leadership expressing sympathy and solidarity with the Turkish people on the loss of lives and damage to property caused by the earthquake in the Turkish eastern province of Van.
She said Pakistan’s embassy in Libya is in touch with Pakistani community leaders to know the kind of support needed by them in the current situation.
The spokesperson said, the Prime Minister has sent a message of solidarity for people of Thailand over flooding there. 
She said Pakistan’s embassy in Bangkok is in contact with Pakistanis in Thailand to know if they wanted any assistance including repatriation from affected areas.
Janjua said Prime Minister Gilani has sent a message to Prime Minister Yingluck Shinwatra of Thailand expressing support and solidarity with the government and people of Thailand facing unprecedented floods.


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Source - www.nation.com.pk 
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