Youm-e-Takbeer marks restoration of balance of power in the region: DG ISPR
May 28, 2021
28th May marks the anniversary of the day when Pakistan restored the balance of power in South Asia by carrying out five nuclear tests in Chaghi, Balochistan. 23 years ago today, Pakistan became a nuclear power remarked the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Director General Maj Gen Babar Iftikhar in a tweet on Friday.
23 years ago on this day, Pakistan restored balance of power in the region by successfully establishing credible minimum nuclear deterrence. AFs and the nation pays tribute to all those involved in making this dream come true. #YoumeTakbeer
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February 10, 2021
KARACHI: The Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) chief, Fazlur Rehman, said on Tuesday that governments do not come to power through rigging , they come with the power of people’s votes. His remarks came in a public meeting hosted by the PPP in Hyderabad, under the banner of the opposition s Pakistan Democratic Movement.
Fazl said the opposition’s movement, at whose core has been the claim that the 2018 elections were rigged, will reach its destination. We have all joined hands to restore democracy, said the leader of the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (Fazl). We are not among those to tire out. Movements only go forward with determination, he said. He vowed that the opposition will not rest until these incompetent rulers are removed . Fazlur Rehman said that these rulers came through the backdoor like thieves . He said the public meeting was being held to restore the free air of democracy. He said the PDM wanted the establishment to be objective and w
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January 12, 2021
ISLAMABAD: While emphasising that the army was subservient to the government, Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Director General Maj-Gen Babar Iftikhar said on Monday “it does not need to get involved in politics, nor should it be dragged into it”.
In reply to a question at a wide-ranging press briefing, he further said there had been no backdoor contact with opposition parties as was being speculated in the media. “Absolutely not,” he said.
Maj-Gen Iftikhar said the criticism levelled by opposition parties against the military was baseless and that the government had given a suitable response to those statements, Geo News reported. “The government of that time had asked the army to conduct the elections and the military followed their orders with honesty and to the best of its ability,” he said, clarifying there had been no rigging in the 2018 elections.
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December 19, 2020
RAWALPINDI: Chief of Army Staff Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa witnessed a joint air exercise between Pakistan and China on Friday, where he said such joint training ventures are vital to increase combat readiness of both countries to face emerging geo-strategic challenges.
According to a series of tweets by the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Director General Maj-Gen Babar Iftikhar, the Army chief visited an operational base of the Pakistan Air Force today to witness Pakistan-China Joint Air Exercise “Shaheen-IX”. Shaheen-IX is the ninth in the series of joint exercises between PAF and PLAAF which started in 2011 and are held in Pakistan and China on an alternate basis.