Pakistan army strongly reacted over remarks against its leadership by politicians, journalists

May 9, 2022

By Imran Nasir

ISLAMABAD (TSAT) - Pakistan army on Sunday strongly reacted to some political leaders, journalists, and analysts' campaign and propaganda against the country's armed forces and said this practice of unsubstantiated, defamatory, and provocative statements, remarks are extremely damaging

In a statement, issued by the military media wing, The Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), said that recently there have been intensified and deliberate attempts to drag Pakistan Armed Forces and their leadership in ongoing political discourse in the country.

“These attempts are manifest through direct, insinuated or nuanced references to the Armed Forces as well as their senior leadership, made by some political leaders, few journalists and analysts on public forums and various communication platforms including social media,” said in the statement.

The army warned that such practice damaging the armed forces and said to refrain from targeting the army and its leadership.

“This practice of unsubstantiated, defamatory and provocative statements /remarks is extremely damaging. Pakistan Armed Forces take strong exception to such unlawful and unethical practice and expect all to abide by the law and keep the Armed Forces out of political discourse in the best interest of the country,” it’s added.