Pakistani Army Chief: Comprehensive national response required to deal with hybrid conflict
Baku, November 19, AZERTAC
Pakistan`s Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa has said that “we are confronting hybrid conflict where focus is shifting to subversion on religious, sectarian, ethnic & social issues”, and stressed the need to have a comprehensive national response to deal with it, the Pakistani DND news agency reported.
In an interactive session with participants of National Security Workshop who visited the army’s general headquarters in Rawalpindi on Monday, the COAS said that Pakistan had been subjected to various threats especially during the last two decades.
The COAS said that Pakistani nation and its armed forces have bravely and successfully stood up to these challenges and is on a positive trajectory to defeat it effectively.
The Army Chief emphasised that “we now have a greater responsibility to ensure that our people, especially youth stay aware and steadfast against propaganda onslaught being launched through soft offensive”.
“It’s our time to rise and progress and we must grasp the opportunity achieved after countless sacrifice,” he said.
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