News Desk:
General Syed Asim Munir, Chief of Army Staff (COAS) addressed the participants of the yearly Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Internship Program being attended by over 370 students from various universities across Pakistan.
While addressing the participants, COAS emphasized the role of youth in national development. COAS said, “Youth is the future of Pakistan, which can contribute immensely towards peace, progress, and prosperity of the country.”
COAS also highlighted the efforts of inimical forces towards creating and fomenting fissures, intolerance, mistrust and violent behavior among the people to spread anarchy and unrest in the country.
Youth future of Pakistan: Army Chief
“It’s imperative for the youth to discern the difference between truth, half-truth, lies, misinformation and disinformation.“ COAS remarked.
While responding to a question by a participant, COAS said “Jaranwala incident is extremely tragic and totally intolerable. There is no space for such incidents of intolerance and extreme behavior by any segment of the society against anyone, particularly against minorities.”
He said that all citizens of Pakistan are equal amongst each other irrespective of religion, gender, cast or creed. He emphasized that no one will be allowed to take law into own hands and those culpable of committing such crimes will be brought before the court of justice.
In the end, COAS appreciated the young internees for successfully completing the program.
