Corps Commanders’ Conference expresses resolve to fight against terrorists without any distinction, says ISPR
Rawalpindi
The country’s top military leadership on Wednesday expressed resolve to fight against terrorists without any distinction and eliminate the menace as per the aspirations of people of the Pakistan, the military’s media wing said in a statement.
According to ISPR, the military’s top brass expressed this resolve during the 254th Corps Commanders’ Conference held at General Headquarters (GHQ) in Rawalpindi held between December 27 to 28 presided over by Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Syed Asim Munir.
A comprehensive review of professional and organisational matters of the army was undertaken, ISPR added.
“It was resolved to fight against terrorists without any distinction and eliminate this menace as per the aspirations of people of Pakistan,” the statement further said. The statement comes as Pakistan is witnessing a rise in terrorist activities following the calling off of the ceasefire by banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) in late November.
Since then, K-P has seen a surge in terrorist attacks, while incidents of “unprovoked cross-border shelling” by the Afghan Taliban forces in the Chaman-Spin Boldak area and the Afghan forces firing rockets into the Pakistani territory from across the Chaman border also took place.
Last week, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif strongly condemned the terrorist incidents that gripped the province of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa over the past few days. PM Shehbaz hailed the “ample response” of the armed forces saying that the nation “will defeat terrorism by supporting its forces”.
Vowing to deal with “attempts to spread chaos in Pakistan through terrorism with an iron fist,” the premier categorically stated that the government would not bow in front of any terrorist group.
Shehbaz also said that the federal government would “address the external facilitation of terrorists who disseminate and support it in Pakistan”.
