The Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Asim Munir on Friday said that the state will “not allow political differences to turn into hatred” and that the strong relations between the army and the public will serve as the foundation to defeat any enemy trying to create rifts between the two.
The army chief was addressing a ceremony at the General Headquarters in Rawalpindi today to mark the country’s 59th Defence Day, commemorating the sacrifices of fallen heroes of the 1965 war against India.
The ceremony was attended by the army’s top brass, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, the prime minister of Azad Jammu and Kashmir, other senior military and governmental officials, and families of martyred soldiers, among others.
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