KAKUL, Pakistan: The Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Raheel Sharif has said that any aggression against Pakistan will get a befitting response and no sacrifice will be too great in this sacred cause.
In his address at the passing out parade ceremony of cadets at Pakistan military academy Kakul on Saturday, the army chief said that Pakistan army is fully capable of deterring and defeating aggression across the wide spectrum of threat.
“Yet, we persistently seek peace in the region and beyond. This quest for peace is our nation’s greatest strength, the COAS said.
“We desire regional stability and relationship based on equality and mutual respect.”
The COAS said that lasting peace in the region will only come about with the fair and just resolution of Kashmir issue in accordance with the will of Kashmiri people as enshrined in the United Nations resolutions.
The army chief said that coercion and repression of the Kashmiri people will never shake their confidence to ultimately exercise their freedom of choice promised by the international community.
“It is our firm belief that the determination of our Kashmiri brethren and collective conscience of free world will bear fruit and their aspirations will eventually be realized,” he said.
General Raheel further said that the Pakistan Army in its capacity will do all that is necessary to support the Afghan Security Forces in every possible manner.
“We sincerely pray that the new political dispensation in Afghanistan brings peace, stability and prosperity to the people of Afghanistan and the region at large,” he said.
