Pakistan

Army chief warns India on provocation along border

General Raheel says repeated Indian ceasefire violations are affecting Pakistan's fight against terrorism

Kamran Yousaf February 26, 2015

general raheel says repeated indian ceasefire violations are affecting pakistan 039 s fight against terrorism photo afp

General Raheel says repeated Indian ceasefire violations are affecting Pakistan's fight against terrorism. PHOTO: AFP

ISLAMABAD: Army Chief General Raheel Sharif has warned India that Pakistan would give a "befitting response" to any provocation along the Line of Control (LoC) and working boundary.

He made this statement during his visit to the areas affected by Indian firing along the working boundary near Sialkot.

“Let there be no doubt that any provocation along the LoC and Working Boundary will meet a befitting response," the army chief was quoted as saying by Director General Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Major General Asim Bajwa.

He said repeated Indian ceasefire violations on the LoC and Working Boundary in recent past was an attempt to distract Pakistan’s campaign against terrorists, and had negative impact on regional stability.

#COAS:"Repeated Indian CF violations on WB/LOC in recent past, distraction for Pak from campaign vs terrorism,affects regional stability"2/4
— Gen(R) Asim Saleem Bajwa (@AsimBajwaISPR) February 26, 2015

The ISPR said General Raheel met troops and locals in the areas along the Working Boundary and paid tribute to their resilience.

PHOTO: ISPR

He maintained that the whole nation is united to defend the motherland.

The army chief’s visit came just days before the Indian foreign secretary is due to visit Pakistan.

#COAS:Visited Sialkot,Working Bdry,area most affected by Indian violations.Met troops&local residents.High spirits,full of Resolve.1/4
— Gen(R) Asim Saleem Bajwa (@AsimBajwaISPR) February 26, 2015

COAS:Briefed on latest situation,"Let there be no doubt that any provocation along LOC and Working Bdry will meet a befitting response"-3/4
— Gen(R) Asim Saleem Bajwa (@AsimBajwaISPR) February 26, 2015

#COAS:Expressed solidarity with villagers affected by violations,paid rich tributes to their resilience.Nation united in def of motherland-4
— Gen(R) Asim Saleem Bajwa (@AsimBajwaISPR) February 26, 2015

COMMENTS (56)

Raisani | 9 years ago | Reply @zara What are u by profession?

Raisani | 9 years ago | Reply @zara haq: Lol I'm the real one but many comments are published with my nick. But at least it makes us leaders and them followers. ;-)

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Raisani | 9 years ago | Reply @zara Thanks for Sharing the valuable knowldge. Your commentss are always admiring. Keep it up.

zara haq | 9 years ago | Reply @Raisani: I hope you are real raisani. That long live raheel comment ididnt write. he is aping my whole name zara haq too. Anyways i like debates and comments by knowledgable pakistanis here. omg omg some ppl are so smart and awesome,its so much fun to learn from them. Lekin when i come saray bhag jatay hain because they see me as amateur. :’-( Sir I hope you are doing well. ^_^

Raisani | 9 years ago | Reply @zara Thanks for the valuable info; ET is running coz of our contribution in shape of comments and debate or else their news are mostly copy paste from other sites and newspapers. If they do not leave their biased and unfair policy, we'll be compelled to boycott it.

zara haq | 9 years ago | Reply @Raisani: Long live raheel.

zara haq | 9 years ago | Reply @Raisani: There lowlife maloo poster who was aping our nicks he gets baree mirchain when pakistanis react to indian posts but generally he is okay with indians writing all nonsense posts. Secondly, their own coas made a clown out of himself last year for the remarks he made wearing Nepali gurkha cap. Thirdly they are so obsessed with our coas ,their some clown has made some fake twitter account on general raheel. And since they like mentioning airforce again and again. Lemme remind you the how our airforce dealt with you in both 1965 and 1971 as well. Our army was engaged in a battle on western front, use common sense who would sneak in mujahideens from eastern borders or do loc violations??? Common sense. Bsf has done so many violations. They have killed innocent bengaldeshis along village borders and Raisani plz google 'felani khatoon'. A young girl killed by bsf. And et do allow this.

Raisani | 9 years ago | Reply @zara ET`s policy is no more hidden. Restraining our appropriate messages and give free hand to Indians to vomit out anything about anyone. One of the Indian called our army chief a mentally retarded person and ET allowed it and not just this. This site is filled with these examples, so I wonder if it's tribune.com.pk or tribune.co.in. ET: you should have the courage to publish these comments too and give everyone a level playing field or soon there will be no Pak commenters on this site.

zara | 9 years ago | Reply @ Shakti: yeah the 4bn dollar pledged to you by obama was not aid then God knows what. And if by doing something you mean those shoddy quality products that you make. Plz stop. You are a laughing stock around the world for your cheap quality products. And indians are jumping up and down, their coas when took charge the first thing he said was he will revenge on Pak. This is the level of obsession. Tho one must ask were you able to finish any of insurgencies going in maoists controlled areas. And yeah for cricket dont forget to watch this video: Indian Cricket Chief PUSHED by Aussies -: http://youtu.be/lAlQdkPKcnc Et do allow. And plz censor comments on kids in the future. Else dont write features like never forget: ali abbas and etc

Raisani | 9 years ago | Reply @Iqbal: "I don’t know whether this general is mentally retarded or not. How many times has he given this threat?" This General is not retarded, he will teach you a lesson incase of any adventurism by India. You guys seem over confidents by signing songs of Indian Army's strength. Have u forgot how we got a large area of Kashmir from India's throat? If you forgot that's fine but how can you forget Kargil where just a few dozens of Mujahideens had compelled ur massive army to bend its knees. So avoid day dreaming you all Indian trolls out there. ET: if you only have to publish Indian trolls no matter what they say but our appropriate comments hurt n offend you then plz ban us all Pakistanis.

Iqbal | 9 years ago | Reply I don't know whether this general is mentally retarded or not. How many times has he given this threat? I can count so many times but has never carried out his statements. The whole world, except some of brainwashed Pakistanis, know that the military might of India is supreme to that of Pakistan that if a war were to break out tomorrow whole of Pakistani will be sent back to stone age. Some would argue that it is already in the medieval times so there would not be much change.

Dubya | 9 years ago | Reply @Cynic Waheed: Read real history since 1947 ... and you will know how wrong are you .... May be this time world will find 4 more countries added to the list .... Go on try India again .... drop your bomb on India ... and result will be better for the man kind as India will wipe away all of Pakistan ... No more serpents in the world to worry about

Prabhjyot Singh Madan | 9 years ago | Reply @jg: What have you taken Indians living in India to be sir ? Our poverty levels is getting reduced by the decade by decade process. We are a wellwisher of Pakistan, we don't need territories. We don't want any part of Pakistan .The terrorists will come as a extra baggage. I love my India which gave our family refuge since 1947. Please handle the extremists there while we do it here. Rab rakha

Masood | 9 years ago | Reply Good statement by Gen Raheel Shareef. Pak army zindabad

troub | 9 years ago | Reply @Maxx.: You need to know history . First of all , all so called Pakistanis ,Afghanistan were hindus before converting to islam due to their cowardice and lack of fighting spirit. Once they got converted they started to fight with their own blood and brothers thinking that they are different. Hindus due to their habit of forgiving every one did not realize that one day country will be divided on religious lines.. You are correct that Hindus are fools in believing everyone . So for Allah's sake please read history and be brave to accept the facts...

Result | 9 years ago | Reply Very good.

khan420 | 9 years ago | Reply Will you forget about India for a while and concentrate on the elephant in the room..... the Taliban.

Shakti | 9 years ago | Reply @Dr. Khalid: "… this is how you make couple of rupees" Yep and we are richer than you and getting richer. At least we do something to earn a living. We don't have to keep our arms stretched for dole outs.

tha | 9 years ago | Reply @woody: Yeah good idea. Lets start with you, let you lose into a battlefield to gather info. Would be great if u know... Hits you?

Gp65 | 9 years ago | Reply @Neo: "India don’t believe in two nation theory, so they don’t believe in Pakistan created out of two nation theory. Simple as that. " You are partially correct. India definitely does t believe in two nation theory which states that Hindus and Muslims cannt live together. If it did it wold have decimated the Muslim population in India in he same way that Hindus and Sikhs have been decimated in Pakistan. But in India, an Indian Muslms is considered Indian and Hindus and Muslims live happily as neighbours. This owever does not mean that India did not accept existence of Pakistan. If that were to be he case, Nia would not have had diplomatic presence in Pakistan and allowed Pakistani diplomats in India. This was the case when India did not recognize the Afghan Taliban government between 1996-2001. Every war between India and Pakistan was started by Pakistan. Your own reired air marshal Asghar Khan has said this. India has no interest in war but it will defend its land and its people from Pakistan's overt and covert aggression.

LS | 9 years ago | Reply heh .. He even stole the phrase "Befitting Reply" I guess world has been waiting for that... Is the reply so small that we can't find it? I have a magnifying glass... and a 20/20 vision.. can't see it.

someone_else | 9 years ago | Reply I think Pakistanis are good enough only in comment section and in giving statements. When it comes to actual war, they surrender in mass like 1971.

Hella | 9 years ago | Reply General sahib should know that firing at Indians is not without reprisals, unlike bombing unarmed Pashtuns and Balochistanis from the air.

MyTake | 9 years ago | Reply Look whose talking. It's a joke. THe world know who does not respect the LOC. Regards to two-nation theory. It never took off, it died in 1971. East Bengal never belonged to Pakistan. There was no method to madness in creating East Pakistan in first place in 1947.

ajeet | 9 years ago | Reply He.might have thought that India would be like Baluchistan which would stay quiet when its citizens are strafed by air force fighter planes. Time for India to create another Bangladesh in Pakistan. Too much meat makes man mad.

copout | 9 years ago | Reply Pak army has to make such statements from time to time. It is how they manage to keep a stranglehold over the nation's resources. They prosper in a climate of fear. Meanwhile the real enemies of the people of Pakistan are not being stopped. Instead they are training school children and teachers to fight them because the army has failed in its duty.

Rohit | 9 years ago | Reply @raisani: What threat?? Even if you beg India, we will not take over Pakistan. It's a bottomless pit with millions of problems. Who wants the headache.

Prabhjyot Singh Madan | 9 years ago | Reply @jg: Since when did you have access to my Indian passport to see where I have been or gone. If you live in Pakistan, then think about the travel restrictions you have because of polio virus. If you live abroad in a Katie country keep yelling Pakistan paindabad. Pakistan will implode in a few years unless extremism is not controlled.rab rakha

zara haq | 9 years ago | Reply @Asad: i made first comment, and i was complaining but anyways i am using my surname. Ab if somebody steals it what a loser they have to be. Actually someone is going around site stealing both of us raisani and my nicks. see this news :http://tribune.com.pk/story/843740/in-britain-bangladeshis-fare-better-than-pakistanis/. Acting mentally deranged. Peak paranoia. @ Raisani: ^O^, lolz. @raisani ," @zara: People may steal our nicks Zara, but our will to fight the Indians remain the same. Welcome another Zara, you are another sister to me. Pakistan zindabad." I am sure you are a mallu south indian with excessive coconut curry giving you stomach troubles. And Yeahhh Pakistannnn Zindabadddd!!!!!!! Oh et plz let me tell my Et buddies so publish this.

Raisani | 9 years ago | Reply One answer to all trolls. Pakistan Zindabad.

Deepak | 9 years ago | Reply @Saeed I agree with you and no wonder why we live in most underdeveloped region. Fight in development. Have economic competence in Karachi and Kolkata, Peshawar and Patna. Have literacy competition. I care less what a general has to say. He isn't the honorable prime minister. I wish Pakistan becomes resilient and team up to protect Democratic values. And yes those who think Pakistan is weak or India wants to invade is day dreaming. Not even the mightiest USA can invade Pakistan. And I hope Pakistan continues to be strong. Both for humanity and national interests. It pains seeing a Peshawar. God bless their souls

Last Word | 9 years ago | Reply The statement is a prelude to start fireworks at border which happens routinely before the dialogue process with India.

jg | 9 years ago | Reply @prabhjyot singh madan: I understand since you have never been abroad. Indians are every where dude.......and I mean everywhere

raisani | 9 years ago | Reply @Maxx.: Don't worry brother, Pakistan is with general we can defend ourselves from any threat.

Raisani | 9 years ago | Reply @Shakti: Shakti unfortunately you have forgotten ur Baapu shri Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi and his policy of nonviolence. You guys are rather running India on Nathuram Godse`s policy.

raisani | 9 years ago | Reply @zara: People may steal our nicks Zara, but our will to fight the Indians remain the same. Welcome another Zara, you are another sister to me. Pakistan zindabad.

zara haq | 9 years ago | Reply @Deepak: And Maxx you are right, people like me don’t recognize Pakistan, but we don’t want killings. Neither we want someone to join us who believes in religious fascism. Pakistan was created by killing secular human ethoes. How can a nation who believes in religious inequality in letter word and spirit demand recognition? Until article 49 is abolished, Pakistan will risk it’s extermination. Pakistan is too strong to be defeated by India, but too weak against demons like TTP" You deserve a medal of pride and an entry to guiness book of record for highest degree of trolling.

Raisani | 9 years ago | Reply @zara You are right someone using our nicks. Indian trolls @ their peak. But relax they will fed away :-).

Asad | 9 years ago | Reply @zara: the second one, the first comment is not senseless at all. Plus it's not a site where you register you nick so don't complain since ET has nothing to do with it.

Neo | 9 years ago | Reply India don't believe in two nation theory, so they don't believe in Pakistan created out of two nation theory. Simple as that. By India I mean the establishment and not common innocent Indian people. Indira Gandhi quipped vociferously on the fall of Dacca "today we've drowned the two nation theory in the bay of Bengal". Pakistan and India can have some working, transactional relationship, but to turn it into a real trustworthy relationship requires huge change of hearts, on both sides, but to begin with India need to start with a new doctrine of accepting Pakistan as an independent country. Till then any talk about friendship by India is hogwash...a wise man has said 'Know your enemy'.

prabhjyot singh madan | 9 years ago | Reply Many of our Pakistani friends are expatriates, living in foreign lands and praising Pakistan while we live in Indian soil. Pakistan government is a joke.

saeed | 9 years ago | Reply Its sad that both indians and pakistanis comments here to insult each other. A better approach would be to bring ideas here for peace and reconciliation between the two nations. As a great poet said : Jang to khud hi aik masla hai, jang kya masaloon ka hal de gi Agg aur khoon aaj bakhshee gi, bhook aur ahtiyaj kal de gi Ic leye aa shareef insano, jang talti rahe to behter hai.

raisani | 9 years ago | Reply @raider: India is even worse. Their poor are becoming poorer and MODI is becoming richer by the day. If we are worse, Indians are the worst.

Deepak | 9 years ago | Reply I pray that may Pakistan continue to fight the terrorists who kill our children. Being a general I expect him to be patriotic, and his audience were villagers, Pakistan tradionally have lots of hope from general almost a father like figure and he won't be expected to chant peace. Kudos to him as long as he respects the mandate of people and doesn't do things like coup. And no country must bear any agression neither Pakistan nor India. I pray for a prosperous Pakistan. And Maxx you are right, people like me don't recognize Pakistan, but we don't want killings. Neither we want someone to join us who believes in religious fascism. Pakistan was created by killing secular human ethoes. How can a nation who believes in religious inequality in letter word and spirit demand recognition? Until article 49 is abolished, Pakistan will risk it's extermination. Pakistan is too strong to be defeated by India, but too weak against demons like TTP

Dr.khalid | 9 years ago | Reply @Talking Point: Quit Pakistani news papers, you trolls.

zara | 9 years ago | Reply @zara: Hello another zara, thanx for using my nick Et what is it happening?? Someone uses my and raisanis nicks and make senseless comments?

Shakti | 9 years ago | Reply @Maxx.: Are you kidding? Indians accept Pakistan alright. But do you? Shri.Jinnah is my hero. If it wasn't for him, we would have never known peace!

zara | 9 years ago | Reply @woody: Please stop lecturing us. Take care of your millions of uneducated masses. Your lecture may make some Indian literate.

Dr. Khalid | 9 years ago | Reply Hey Indian trolls, don't you have an indian news paper to read or comment on? Oh.. I forgot... this is how you make couple of rupees.

raider | 9 years ago | Reply @Talking Point: What should we do politicians are incapable and peoples keep electing these good for nothing businessmen

Maxx. | 9 years ago | Reply India never accepts Pakistan as a sovereign and independent nation. It is in their doctrine. Common Indians want good relations but even they don't have much clue about it. The Hindutva/Akhund bharat has other plans and ambitions. It is written in their books, read Kautalian shastras and other statecraft running tactics.

Talking Point | 9 years ago | Reply @Raisani: You have had many a hero who became a untouchable zero and who got "lost in the wilderness " as Indian Ext Affairs Ministry spokesperson has said . Where in the civil would you have a PM as a dummy and a uniformed person wielding more powers? If he has the resolve , let him stop cross border firing and we shall not retaliate . We do not want to waste our resources on the arming our forces but are forced to do it out of necessity. We bleed but you bleed more and so the story goes on for decades. When are going to isolate your uniformed men and submit them to absolute civilian control?

zara | 9 years ago | Reply @woody: when we pakistani ppl are patient abt news from n.w where op is carried out why are you worried? And many t.v channels have shown those areas last year in their shows, i think its army that took them, geo, aaj etc etc Har cheez may bolna zaruri nai hota Anyways, Thank you general Raheel.

Cynic Waheed | 9 years ago | Reply Yep - thats the language Indians understand.. Keep going Pak Army. I see Indians keyboard warriors itching to overwhelm the comments section! The stage is yours! :D

woody | 9 years ago | Reply Pakistan is suppose to be in the middle of a major battle in N Waziristan ... but you almost never read anything about it in the newspapers .. what's up with that? It's way past time that journalist were allowed access to provide credible information to the Pakistan people and the World.

Raisani | 9 years ago | Reply Long live Raheel Shareef. You are our Hero. We will teach India a lesson of her life.

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