DG ISPR slams bid to politicise Azm-e-Istehkam operation

Inter-Services Public Relations Director General Lt Gen Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry is addressing a news conference on matters related to Pakistan’s security situation.

The director general of Pakistan military’s media wing commenced the news conference by saying: “The purpose of this press conference is to clarify the army’s stance on some important topics.  There was some increase in organised propaganda, false, wrong news and concocted news against the armed forces in recent times. That is why it is important to talk on these matters.”

He added that very serious issues are being used for politics and the Azm-e-Istehkam operation is an example of this. Azm-e-Istehkam is not a military operation but a comprehensive and integrated counter-terrorism campaign, he continued.

Lt Gen Ahmed said that a narrative had been built to give an impression that the operation was launched to displace citizens. He clarified it was only for the purpose of reinvigorating the already in-place National Action Plan”.

About the counter-terrorism operations conducted so far in the year, the DG ISPR said 22,409 intelligence-based operations were carried out against terrorists and their facilitators.

He added daily over 112 operations were being conducted by the law enforcement agencies against terrorism.

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