Army ready in the face of aggression, says Kayani

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Chief of Army Staff General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani said on Thursday that Pakistani forces were fully prepared to face any aggression from outside and protect the sovereignty of the country, and no one should have any illusions about that.
The army chief was chairing the two-day 67th Formation Commanders’ Conference at General Headquarters. “The two-day long conference is a part of regular meetings and is being attended by corps commanders, principal staff officers and formation commanders,” said a statement issued by Inter-Services Public Relations. “The forum was given comprehensive briefings on external and internal security situation in the country. The participants dwelt at length on various professional matters,” it said. According to the statement, in his opening address, General Kayani expressed his satisfaction over operational preparedness of the army and exhorted field commanders to focus on training of their charges as it was the hallmark of a professional army.
“The chief of army staff appreciated the conduct of ongoing military and stabilisation operations, being undertaken to restore and sustain peace in the Federally Administrated Tribal Areas. He also appreciated relentless rescue and relief efforts by troops during operation Labbaik 2, in the flood affected areas of Sindh,” said the statement. A security official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said General Kayani briefly touched on the ongoing tensions with Afghanistan on the country’s western border. The Taliban-linked militants based in Afghanistan have repeatedly attacked the posts of Pakistani troops in recent months from across the border, resulting in skirmishes with border forces and killings of dozens of soldiers and terrorists. He said General Kayani observed that the armed forces were ready to protect the sovereignty of the country and give a befitting response to any aggression from outside. Kayani said attacks on Pakistani soil by the militants from Afghanistan must stop with Afghan and US-led foreign troops playing their full role in the prevention of such attacks.
“General Kayani said that no one should have any illusions about the defence capabilities of the Pakistani armed forces,” the official said. He said General Kayani also took the military commanders into confidence over the ongoing reconciliatory efforts between Islamabad and Washington. “General Kayani said Pakistan was willing to extend all possible help to the US for lasting peace in Afghanistan but no one should question its credentials when it comes to counter-terrorism efforts,” the official said.

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14 COMMENTS

  1. “This is a time for clarity,”
    “No one should be in any way mistaken about allowing this to
    continue without paying a very big price.”
    “There’s no place to go any longer,”

    – Mrs. Clinton

    • A bone chilling direct threat…no diplomacy there….as harsh as the "you are either with us or against us!"
      demanding an in depth analysis….routine CC conferences and APCs be damned…the hell with you tested jokers…
      Imran step-in and call a meet of thinking people not compromised cabbages.

      "War is much too serious a matter to be entrusted to the military."

      Georges Clemenceau
      French politician (1841 – 1929)

      • You are right when you said Hillary did not give a Flying Fuk when Gilani-talk about APC resolution or big-K's CC conference.

        The biggest weakness of Pakistan is the absence of Political institutions and civilian leadership.

  6. The words and the reality, illusions and the real situation, afghans or talibans, millitants or terrorists, friendly relations with the US or with the others (who?), who is our enemy and who is our friend?, THERE ARE SO MANY QUESTIONS THAT WE REALLY DO NOT HAVE AN ANSWER, BECAUSE NOBODY NEVER HAD TIME TO THINK ABOUT IT, POLITICAL LEADERSHIP, INSTITUTIONS, PEOPLE OF PAKISTAN, RELIGIOUS LEADERS OR WHO SO EVER. We spend our time elsewhere, we all know that but still we think that we can defend ourselves. We are so unaware in this modern world where the information is so easy to get BUT we do not know the real situation in our own homeland……PAKISTAN.

  7. they’ll bomb you back to the stone age before your first reaction. YOU will probably be found cowering somewhere hiding like a mouse. This nation has no vision and most of its defence is outdated

  8. the pakistani navy is nt as stabel is the ground and airforce is, but america would pay a highest price if they attacked directly, all the forces from pakistan and afghans pashtun loyals would fight back, this is the strategy of jews zionist and indian intelligence to turn the strategy and fight afghans wth pakistani brothers.

  10. no MR @baber..i m sorry sir u r sadly mistaken about pakistans power…nothing can happen to pakistan…u dont no wat pakistan can do…if they try to bomb us…we r not sitting idle we r also having some strategy and plans against them

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