ISLAMABAD: Chief of Army Staff General Raheel Sharif said be it Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi or its spy agency RAW, they must know that Pakistan’s boundaries were completely safe.
“We have well understood the conspiracies (being hatched against Pakistan),” Raheel said.
He said the armed forces will go beyond limits to safeguard the country. Observing that the Operation Zarb-e-Azb was heading in the right direction, the army chief said the evil nexus of corruption and terrorism will be broken at all costs and at every level.
There was no one more hard-working than the people of Gilgit, he said and added that he was absolutely certain that the nation was heading in the right direction.
Earlier on Thursday, head of the military’s media wing Lieutenant General Asim Bajwa said Pakistan Army did not play any favourites during the on-going Operation Zarb-e-Azb, adding that Islamic State’s effort to establish foothold in the country had been thwarted.
Bajwa added that all stakeholders including Afghanistan were informed of the operation and they were required to take action against the terrorists – which did not happen. He observed that the operation in North Waziristan’s Shawal – the last haven of terrorists – had managed to clear the valley’s villages, houses, schools and mosques.
