Islamabad: The Pakistan Army on Friday rejected media reports quoting its former chief General (retd) Qamar Javed Bajwa’s statement on combat preparedness and future threats to the country, saying his comments were made “unofficially”. Taken out of context.” Inter-Services Public Relations, the media wing of the army, issued a statement following the revelations of the senior journalist in a recent TV programme. Mir claimed that Bajwa had said in a meeting with 20-25 journalists in 2021 that “the Pakistan Army is not capable of fighting a war”.
According to reports, Mir revealed in a TV program that Bajwa had said in the meeting that Pakistan was in no position to go to war with India. Responding to these reports, the Pakistan Army said that “the combat capability of certain weapon systems in Pakistan Army’s arsenal has recently been discussed in the media in view of the condition in its arsenal”. The former army chief’s views on the dangers of terrorism have been taken out of context, which he had discussed in an informal interaction with media persons. I had retired.
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