Internal instability: ‘Nation subjected to a new form of war’

KAKUL: Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee (CJCSC), General Khalid Shameem Wynne on Saturday said that nation has witnessed rapid changes in the international environment resulting in a wave of internal instability in Pakistan during the past few years. Addressing the Passing out Parade of 126 PMA long course, he said the nation has been subjected to a new form of war with dangerous consequence for its liberty and independence. “We must prove to the world that we are a resilient nation and cannot be undermined by extremists”, he added. Pakistan, he said, is a peace loving country and “We want to promote international peace as it is an assurance of our own internal stability”.  Gen. Wynne said that Pakistan Army’s officers and soldiers have given their best in the line of duty.

Published in The Express Tribune, October 21^st, 2012.