ISLAMABAD: Chairman Joint Chief of Staff Committee (CJCSC) General Zubair Mahmood Hayat on Monday said that Pakistan’s enemies were spreading rumours about the country acting on a methodically planned agenda, reported a local news channel.
“However, despite the evil designs [of enemy states], a strong and stable future awaits Pakistan,” Hayat assured the audience of the Pakistan Summit in Islamabad on Monday.
The general expressed his confidence in the summit, saying that it was a step in the right direction at the right time and added that information, diplomacy, the army and economy were the four basic pillars of a state in the current world.
“Information is the strength of today, but it also being misused. False impressions are given about Pakistan deliberately and fake news against the country is spread in an organised manner,” Hayat informed the gathering.
“If any criminal in the world commits a crime, international headlines are not made, but why all those headlines when a Pakistani criminal does something?” he asked and further said: “People such as Abdul Sattar Eidhi, Malala Yousafzai and Arfa Karim are the face of Pakistan. All of you should come forward and tell the world that Pakistan’s positive list is much longer than the negative”.
General Hayat emphasised on the CPEC’s importance as a catalyst in the country’s prosperity, which he assured was right around the corner as Pakistan was on its way to becoming the world’s biggest economy in 2020.
“Enemies were never pleased with the creation of Pakistan, and Pakistan’s neighbour has always been busy in defaming Pakistan,” remarked the CJCSC and also observed how the country had, besides defamation, suffered political and cultural globalisation after the cold war along with the direct effects of the war against terrorism.
“No country in the world ever came close to our accomplishments. Pakistan is experiencing some issues of extremism, governance and security, but is India also not facing all the same issues?” he wondered.
