Director General (DG) Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Major General Babar Iftikhar Monday restated that the army should not be pulled into politics and repetition of making such theories and putting forward allegations should be diminished now.
He said: “I want to reiterate it categorically that the armed forces have no concern with politics and no backdoor contacts or backdoor channels were being used,”
Noticing that an impression was being brought up from the opposition parties of Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) about the Pakistan Armed forces having communication with them, the DG ISPR said he wanted to tell the ones who were creating such rumors, that the armed forces should not be pulled into politics.
He further stated: “We have our hands full and the armed forces are performing their sacred duty of security of the county and the nation against external and internal threats, “The practice of making such speculations and comments should be stopped now,” I have already requested and will once again ask them that the Pakistan Army should not be dragged into politics, They should provide evidence and show as to who is calling whom and making contacts,”
He added: “The government then ordered the armed forces to conduct and we did our job honestly and to the best of our ability,”
