PML-N twisting Imran’s statements, using those against army chief: Parvez Elahi

LAHORE: Speaker Punjab Assembly (PA) Chaudhry Parvez Elahi has said on Thursday the services which Pakistan Army under leadership of Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa has rendered for eliminating terrorism and enhancing the prestige of the country and the nation at the international level are unforgettable.

In a statement, he said the elements, who are running poisonous and baseless campaign against Pakistan Army and General Qamar Javed Bajwa, in fact want to destabilise the defence of the country and the nation.

Elahi said that the army and the army chief are not separate from each other, when the army chief is targeted it has a negative impact on the entire army, the hearts of not only the officers but also the jawans, who are performing their duties on the borders, are badly hurt.

He said that N-League is twisting the statements of Imran Khan and using these against the army and the army chief. Imran Khan has said categorically in clear words that the army is the sole guarantor for safeguarding and security of the country and the nation, he has even stated to this extent that Pak Army is more important and essential than he himself and his politics for the country and the nation.

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Speaker PA Elahi further said that creating a gulf between the army and the nation has always been the agenda of the anti-state forces, but these agendas have neither been successful earlier nor will succeed now and Insha Allah the army will also emerge victorious in the present crisis.

He said that on the defence front General Bajwa has given a reasonable response to India’s aggression against Pakistan, due to his this strategy India has not been able to cast a dirty eye against Pakistan.

Elahi maintained that even on the diplomatic front he has rendered extraordinary services from a national point of view.

“The army chief has played an important role in promoting bilateral relations of Pakistan with Islamic countries including Saudi Arabia, Turkey and the UAE while remaining in the background, which the Islamic countries have been acknowledging,” he said.

The veteran politician maintained that the army chief removed the economic reservations of the European countries against Pakistan with great strategy and wisdom and in this way has extended helping hand to the government in pulling Pakistan out of economic difficulties.

For Elahi, General Bajwa has displayed farsightedness in the matters following the exit of the USA from Afghanistan and kept Pakistan safe from its political and defence impacts.