KAKUL: Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa on Saturday said that the armed forces with the support of the citizens will never allow any country, group or force to politically or economically destabilize the country.
He urged for regional peace and supported developing a mechanism for resolving bilateral issues peacefully, as he cautioned that the “price of status quo will be devastating for all”. He was addressing a ceremony held to mark the passing-out parade of the 146th PMA Long Course at Pakistan Military Academy Kakul. The army chief urged that peace must be given a chance “by developing a mechanism to resolve all our bilateral issues peacefully”. “Moreover, as opposed to fighting each other, we should collectively fight hunger, poverty, illiteracy, population explosion, climate change and disease,” he added.
He said no one should make any mistake about the nation’s collective resolve to defend core interests and every inch of our motherland. He maintained that in its quest for peace, Pakistan had extended sincere and “all-out efforts” to evolve good relations with all neighbours and regional countries. “We are trying our best to break the political logjam which has denied the countries of South Asia to move forward and resolve all regional and bilateral issues in a peaceful and dignified manner,” he added.
