Army ready to meet any challenge: Kayani

Senate of Pakistan

Army ready to meet any challenge: Kayani

January 9, 2013

Army Chief Gen Ashfaq Parvez Kayani has said the military is fully prepared to respond to threats of any kind whatsoever, be they direct, indirect, overt or covert.

Gen Kayani made the statement during a visit to the Sialkot garrison to witness an army mobilisation exercise on Tuesday. According to a senior military official, the army chief was trying to convey the message that “conventional threats” to Pakistan are still a reality.

Recently, the army changed its decades-old doctrine by acknowledging that growing militancy in the country was posing a serious threat to the country’s national security. But now, the military is attempting to play down the hype.

Source: Express Tribune