- NEW DELHI HAS BEEN PROMOTING HINDUTVA AND SAFFRON TERRORISM: DG ISPR
- Army won’t take internal security allowance due to situation caused by virus: DG ISPR
RAWALPINDI, April 24: Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa chaired a special conference of the Principal Staff Officers, sources reported on Friday.
Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa directed the commanders to keep an eye on both the external threats and the internal sovereignty and fulfill responsibilities accordingly.
The army chief further stressed that special attention should be paid to facilitate people in offering prayers.
The Pakistan Army said India’s attempt to “link coronavirus with Muslims and Pakistan has failed badly” and has been criticised by the whole world.
Addressing the media, Director-General of Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Maj Gen Babar Iftikhar added that New Delhi has been promoting Hindutva and saffron terrorism.
“The fire of hatred which was first ignited in Indian-Occupied Kashmir has now spread across India,” he said. “Saffronisation of Indian military and polity is a sad spectre that the world can ill-afford under the present circumstances.”
General Babar further said the Indian army and its leadership unsuccessfully tried to push the false narrative.
“Recent comments made by the Indian Army against Pakistan shows India’s growing frustration and demoralisation due to their failures,” he said.
Maj Gen Iftikhar added that the whole world is facing the crises due to the coronavirus pandemic and the United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres had also called for a global cease-fire, however, despite the crisis, India is still adamant on promoting their RSS agenda in the region.
Referring to the Line of Control (LoC), the military spokesperson said New Delhi has violated the, DG ISPR said: “India has violated the cease-fire agreement 850 times since the beginning of this year, deliberately targeting the civilian population along the Line of Control (LoC)”.
He elaborated further and said since the emergence of the first case of coronavirus, India has violated the cease-fire agreement 456 times in which a child was martyred and 31 people had been injured.
“The civil-military leadership is fighting the pandemic with effective strategy due to which the actual number of cases is less than the projections,” he said.
However, he warned that the coronavirus cases might increase in the coming two weeks due to which we have to be collectively and individually careful.
He said Army won’t take internal security allowance due to situation caused by virus.-Agencies
