Former Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General (retd) Raheel Sharif Tuesday highlighted Pakistan army’s counter-insurgency operations and improved security environment at World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos.
During the panel discussion on “Terrorism in the Digital Age”, Sharif said, “Intelligence sharing is key to success against terrorism. That’s very very important. If there is intelligence shared, actionable intelligence, and countries work and act on it, I think they can bring a difference.”
“In Pakistan, it was a whole of nation approach… which paid. Everybody came together. At an international level also, there is a requirement to have synergy, and in fact a platform. The UN Resolution 1373 says everybody has a responsibility,” he added.
To a question about the effective use of the digital platform by terrorists, Sharif said, “It gives them a huge advantage.”
“I personally feel that these terrorists have the ability to mutate, morph and they can do it very quickly,” he said.
“And obviously this platform of the digital age is available whether it is social media or any other platform they use it very very effectively,” he added.
Speaking of the modern mode to speed up terrorism globally, the former army chief said, “Recruitment is one thing which is done on that (social media) and I think the financier, abettors, facilitator and the sympathisers all of them are involved in this.”
Digital technology should reach the common people not for the terrorist. countries should take a serious note on this.
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