Babar Iftikhar asks Indian military to abstain from providing electoral support to political masters

• Babar Iftikhar said Pakistan military was a force for good.
• He said Indian general officer’s claims were intellectually insulting.
• He rejected the unwarranted statement

RAWALPINDI: Babar Iftikhar, Lieutenant General, Director General Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR), said that in the interest of peace for the region, the Indian military would do well to abstain from irresponsible rhetoric and vitriolic communication to shore up electoral support for their political masters’ regressive ideology.

Babar Iftikhar said Pakistan military was a force for good and a proponent of regional peace and stability.

“This desire for peace, however, is matched with our capability and preparation to thwart any misadventure or aggression against our territory, an assertion comprehensively validated on numerous occasions including recently in the Balakot episode,” he said in a recent statement in response to a high ranking Indian army officer regarding Azad Jammu and Kashmir. In a series of tweets, he rejected the unwarranted statement.

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He said it was an apt manifestation of Indian Armed Forces’ delusional mindset and showcased the vivid imprint of domestic political showboating on Indian military thought.

The DG ISPR said the fallacious remarks and unfounded allegations of so called “launch-pads” and “terrorists” were an attempt to divert attention from Indian army’s repressive use of force and gross human rights violations against innocent unarmed Kashmiris striving for their right of self-determination, upheld by international law and enshrined in UN Security Council Resolutions.

He said the Indian general officer’s lofty claims and surreal ambition was intellectually insulting.

On December 3, a terrorist commander was killed by security forces in North Waziristan District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

According to a statement by Inter-Services Public Relations DG Babar Iftikhar, the fire exchange had taken place between terrorists and troops in Shewa area of North Waziristan District on December 2.

During intense exchange of fire, notorious terrorist commander Muhammad Noor alias Sarakai was killed by security forces. Weapons and ammunition were also recovered from the killed terrorist.