LAHORE
\nA senior security official has condemned Leader of Opposition in the National Assembly, Mahmood Khan Achakzai\u2019s \u201cunfortunate remarks\u201d on the Pakistan Army, saying that his statement was \u201cextremely regrettable and based on falsehoods\u201d. The opposition leader, during the NA session a day earlier, described the Pakistan Army as a \u201cforce of four districts\u201d, triggering a strong response from the government.
\n\u201cDialogue was the right of all political parties\u2026 and the army had nothing to do with politics,\u201d the security official said while speaking to journalists in Lahore.
\nHe added that all legal and judicial cases, and matters linked to them, must be decided by courts in accordance with the Constitution and the law. Referring to the security situation, the senior official said recent meetings aimed at restoring peace in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa were encouraging. He added that visits to educational institutions further showed that the younger generation stood firmly with the Pakistan Army, and no narrative could weaken the bond between the people and the armed forces.
\nThe officer underlined that the war against terrorism was not only the responsibility of the security forces, the army, police or the Frontier Corps, but of the entire nation. He also said that India was behind all sponsored terrorism in Pakistan, adding that \u201cFitna-ul-Hindustan\u201d was an enemy of the Baloch people and a hurdle to the development of Balochistan.
\nAddressing the lower house of parliament a day earlier, Defence Minister Khawaja Asif termed the opposition leader\u2019s statement as irresponsible and a deliberate attempt to malign a national institution, saying that Achakzai was entitled to hold his views but should not launch attacks on the armed forces.
\nHe asserted that the armed forces were reaffirming their oath through martyrdom in the ongoing fight against terrorism. Asif said such a statement was unexpected and inappropriate, particularly coming from someone holding a national office. \u201cEvery sensible individual knows that the Pakistan Army represents the entire country. Its identity is national, not regional,\u201d he said, adding that the armed forces had rendered immense sacrifices over the past five years.
\nCiting official figures, the defence minister said that 3,141 personnel had embraced martyrdom during this period. \u201cFrom 2021 to February 2026, 170 officers were martyred, along with 212 Junior Commissioned Officers (JCOs) and 2,759 soldiers,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
LAHORE A senior security official has condemned Leader of Opposition in the National Assembly, Mahmood Khan Achakzai\u2019s \u201cunfortunate remarks\u201d on the Pakistan Army, saying that his statement was \u201cextremely regrettable and based on falsehoods\u201d. The opposition leader, during the NA session a day earlier, described the Pakistan Army as a \u201cforce of four districts\u201d, triggering […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-530973","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-top-news"},"yoast_head":"\n