RAWALPINDI: Director General Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Maj Gen Asif Ghafoor on Thursday addressed a short press conference after detailed judgment in the high treason case against former army chief Gen Pervez Musharraf was released.
The spokesperson said that the military had expressed its reservations after Musharraf was sentenced to death by a special court for high treason. He said the detailed judgment shows those reservations are proving to be true.
The ISPR chief said the verdict issued particularly the words used in the written order “transgresses humanity, religion, culture and any other values”.
He said the Pakistan armed forces are an organised institution and its members have taken the oath to sacrifice their lives for the defence of national security.
“We have demonstrated it practically in the past 20 years and achieved what no other country or army in the world could achieve. We are facing a hybrid war. We are fully aware of this changing nature and character of war. We also understand the enemy, its facilitators, supervisors and their possible designs,” he said.
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The DG ISPR said the country is currently facing threats from both internal and external sources. “Some people want to provoke us through internal and external attacks into fighting among ourselves in the current circumstances, and are dreaming of defeating Pakistan in this manner. This will not happen. If we are aware of the threat, our response too is in place.”
He quoted army chief as saying that the country has a long journey and rendered countless sacrifices to achieve stability. “We will not let this stability be reversed in any situation. The Pakistan Army is not just an institution. It is a family. We are armed forces of the people and are strengthened by the people’s support.
“We know how to defend the country and also know very well how to defend the respect and dignity of the institution. But for us, the country comes first and the institution second.”
The DG ISPR disclosed that the army chief had held a detailed conversation with Prime Minister Imran Khan to discuss the situation in the aftermath of the issuance of the detailed verdict which will be known to the nation soon.
DG ISPR Press Conference – 19 Dec 2019 https://t.co/UKKjhGKsap
— DG ISPR (@OfficialDGISPR) December 19, 2019
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