RAWALPINDI/ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Army on Friday said that the views of former Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa were taken out of context during an off-the-record conversation with media representatives on the army’s preparations.
The Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said in a statement that there had recently been discussions in the media about the combat capability of the Pakistan Army given the state of certain weapon systems in its inventory. “To this end, the former army chief’s views on the future threat to Pakistan, which he shared with media persons in an off-the-record interactive session, were taken out of context,” the ISPR said. have been copied.”
The statement did not mention General (retd) Bajwa by name, but it clearly quoted his views which, according to the media wing of the Pakistan Army, were quoted out of context. “Pakistan Army assures the people of Pakistan that we have always prided ourselves on our operational readiness and extreme combat capability,” the statement said.
“The armed forces of Pakistan have always kept and will continue to deploy their weapons, equipment and battle-hardened human resources for the defense of the motherland,” ISPR said in a statement.
Meanwhile, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Senior Vice President Dr Shireen Mazari on Friday said that General (retd) Qamar Javed Bajwa’s comment on conventional military hardware was a serious breach of security.
In messages on his Twitter handle, he said, “If a person can be accused of treason against Pakistan by calling a former prime minister Dirty Harry, then surely Bajwa has made the COAS service highly accountable.” given, because his remarks were in fact a serious security breach, sending an important message to hostile powers.”
He said: “Assured to see necessary clarification from ISPR on Bajwa’s remarks about our conventional military hardware not being operationally ready. But @OfficialDGISPR took Bajwa’s remarks out of context. Or not misunderstood, as he has repeatedly made such remarks on several occasions, including meetings.
