Pak army ready to respond to entire spectrum of threat, says Raheel

Rawalpindi - Chief of the Army Staff expressed complete satisfaction over noticeable change in the overall security situation in the country.

Chief of the Army Staff General Raheel Sharif has said the armed forces of Pakistan are fully prepared to respond to the entire spectrum of threat.
Chairing Corps Commander's conference in Rawalpindi on Tuesday, he expressed complete satisfaction over noticeable change in the overall security situation in the country.
Referring to the ongoing peace talks between Afghan government and Afghan Taleban, the army chief said it is the only credible way to achieve a lasting peace. He said detractors and spoilers are against peace and prosperity of Afghanistan and the region.
During the meeting the participants dwelt at length on internal and external security situation in the country and reviewed progress of 'Operation Zarb-e-Azb' and ongoing intelligence-based operations in the country.
The forum reviewed the state of readiness and vigil being maintained by troops along the Line of Control (LoC).
Meanwhile, Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan has rejected reports in a section of the media that Imran Khan's dharna (sit-in) last year was a conspiracy to replace army chief Raheel Sharif with former ISI chief Lt-Gen. Zaheerul Islam. "Such reports are baseless," the minister said while talking to newsmen here. "The Pakistan army is a discipline force and there is no room for any such conspiracy against the top man," he added.
The report was also confirmed by Defence Minister Khawaja Asif in a TV talk show. He, however, rejected demand for an inquiry commission.
The interior minister said it was not possible even to contemplate such possibility for a few officers to replace the army chief. "The army has neither been a victim of an in-house conspiracy in the past nor could it happen in the days to come," he added.
Nisar dismissed as "ridiculous and baseless" the rumours suggesting that a plot had been hatched by some army officers to replace army chief General Raheel Sharif during the days of PTI's sit-in in Islamabad last year.
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