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Pakistan to give befitting response to Modi

PM says Pakistan prepared for talks and to counter Indian aggression; COAS says India must
have realised after loss of 44 soldiers that aggression wouldnt help it; both witness military
exercises Raadul Barq
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Wednesday gave a befitting reply to Indian premier Narendra Modi,
with Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif saying that Islamabad is prepared for negotiations but, at the
same time, it is also prepared to counter the Indian aggression.
The prime minister was speaking after witnessing the military exercises Raadul Burq, 70
kilometres away from the Indian border at Khairpur Tamewali desert part of Cholistan, upon the
conclusion of the war games.
The Chief of the Army Staff (COAS), General Raheel Sharif, and senior military officers,
services chiefs and military attaches of number of countries witnessed the power show of the
countrys armed forces where the army and Pakistan Air Force (PAF) took part.
The prime minister said the exercises show the preparedness of Pakistans armed forces to
respond to any kind of threat to national security. The prime minister said the exercise Raadul
Barq establishes that Pakistan is ready to confront any ambitious and reckless move by its
enemies. He said these exercises reflect the preparedness of our armed forces to respond to any
threat to national security.No country can remain oblivious to threats to national security, the
prime minister said.
Referring to Indian aggression in Indian Held Kashmir (IHK), Nawaz Sharif said the brutal
tactics used to curb the recent spontaneous and indigenous movements in Jammu and Kashmir
have been counter-productive. Killing of civilians and soldiers along the LoC is another act of
aggression that warrants international attention, he added.

The situation at the border remains sensitive due to Indias grave violation of the ceasefire
agreement, said the premier. He said it is extremely unfortunate that South Asia remains prone
to confrontation and the security situation remains fragile. He said a policy of non-interference is
practised by the state of Pakistan, which expects the same from others to enable lasting peace in
our region.
We cannot remain detached from recent developments in the region. Efforts to harm security
and territorial integrity will be met with a befitting response. The enemies of Pakistan have made
their intentions well-known, the PM said.
He said the enemies cannot tolerate the signs of development in Pakistan, which is why the
country has become a victim of terrorism. The prime minister, identifying Kashmir as a core
source of tension between Pakistan and India, said the matter should be addressed in a sincere
and comprehensive manner keeping in mind the aspirations of Kashmiri people and the UN
resolutions. He said the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) was well on way to
becoming fully operational in the coming months and years. He said all efforts will be made to
ensure all projects are completed in a given time-frame.
We have achieved what countries with far more resources have not been able to achieve, the
prime minister said, adding that the government strictly follows a policy of non-interference in
other states to enable lasting peace in the region.
The prime minister assured that the CPEC would soon become fully operational as the first trade
caravan has already departed from Gwadar port. Referring to the ongoing tensions in IHK,
Nawaz said it is extremely unfortunate that South Asia remains prone to confrontation. He said
the Jammu and Kashmir dispute remains the core issue of contention between Pakistan and
India. It must be addressed in a sincere and comprehensive manner, while keeping in mind the
aspirations of Kashmiri people and UN resolutions, he said.
The premier graded operation Zarb-e-Azb as the most comprehensive, robust and successful
anti-terrorism operation in the world. He warned that any efforts to harm Pakistan's national
security will be met with a "befitting response". Nawaz pointed out that the exercise Strike of
Thunder established that Pakistan is ready to confront any ambitious and reckless move by its
enemies. He said that brutal tactics used to curb recent spontaneous and indigenous movement in
Jammu and Kashmir have been counterproductive.
The prime minister said Pakistan believes regional connectivity is vital process of uplifting
conditions of millions of people in the region. He said every effort will be made to ensure that all
CPEC projects are completed within given timeframe. He said as part of the Government's
overall developmental agenda, no province or region would be left out with respect to benefits
deriving from CPEC. He said first trade caravan has departed from Gwadar, which is more than a
commercial activity. He said Pakistan has become part of the trade route which would change
destiny of the region.

Meanwhile, COAS General Raheel Sharif revealed that 44 Indian troops have been killed in
retaliatory action by the Pakistan Army on the LoC during recent escalation caused by the
Indians in less than a month.
Indians are shameless and dont own their dead while disregarding their soldiers wearing
uniform. The esteem attached with the uniform is being denied by the Indians. We had been
watching them picking the dead bodies of their soldiers but they are hiding it from their nation,
the army chief said while informally talking to a group of media persons at the Presidency where
he came to attend the banquet hosted by President Mamnoon Hussain in the honour of his
Turkish counterpart Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday evening.
The army chief was accompanied by Chief of the Air Staff Air Chief Marshal Sohail Aman,
National Security Advisor Nasser Khan Janjua and other senior officials. He acknowledged
felicitation from the guest on the successful military exercises Raadul Burq concluded earlier in
the day.
To a query, the army chief said that the accuracy of hitting the targets was one hundred percent.
He reminded that infrared anti-aircraft missile that has the capacity of targeting objective at 12
kilometres in the air; hit the target at six and half kilometres with remarkable prerecession.
The indigenously built Al-Buraq missile was also tested and proved to be highly successful. The
army chief said the armed forces would never allow the gains made in the operation Zarb-e-Azb
to be wasted.
We are capable to engage the enemy on more than one fronts if required, he said. To a question
about the incident on the LoC last week where Pakistans seven soldiers embraced martyrdom,
General Raheel said that 11 soldiers of the enemy were killed, scores were injured, including one
officer, and three posts were destroyed. He declared the so-called surgical strike by the Indians as
drama and said that no sane person in India believed it.
To another question, General Raheel said India would have understood now after death of its 44
soldiers that aggression at the LOC wouldnt help it. He said the armed forces have yielded
remarkable successes in their operations and it became possible due to the teamwork of the
armed forces. I had a very good team and that worked too, he said. He gave credit to General
Nasser Janjua for bringing peace in Balochistan and expressed hope that the province would
soon become a model of peace.
It merits mentioning here that Al-Khalid tanks, JF-17 Thunder, Meraj, F-7 PG, F-16 planes,
Cobra, Z-16 helicopters and multi-barrel rockets took part in the Raadul Burq exercises and hit
the targets precisely

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