Speculations of a deal with Nawaz Sharif are baseless: DG ISPR

RAWALPINDI: Director General (DG) Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) Major General Babar Iftikhar on Wednesday has said that the speculations regarding a deal with PML-N Supremo Nawaz Sharif are unsubstantiated and baseless.

“If anyone asks you about a deal then you should ask the circumstances and the name of the person who is cracking a deal with them,” he said while addressing a press conference over multi-security challenges in the region.

He termed it speculation and said that it is better to minimize such discussions as the country has far important issues like health and education.

‘Fencing at Pak-Afghan border to safeguard, not to divide people’

DG ISPR said that fencing at the Pakistan and Afghanistan border was aimed at safeguarding people rather than dividing them, a private news channel reported.

The DG ISPR said that they are completely focused on erecting a fence on the Pakistan-Afghanistan border and will complete it as soon as possible.

“95 percent of fencing process has been completed,” he said and added that erecting it was necessary to ensure security and proper movement of people and goods between the two countries.

“Our martyrs have laid down their lives for erecting this fence and 67 special wings have been formed for FC Balochistan and FC Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to secure the border,” he said.

The DG ISPR said Pakistan has to bear the brunt of the pullout of the foreign forces from Afghanistan and there is currently complete harmony among the leadership of both sides to solve local-level issues.

He further shared that a ceasefire with TTP has been ended after December 09 and the talks previously were initiated at the request of the incumbent Afghan rulers.

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