{"id":42739,"date":"2024-07-22T15:11:01","date_gmt":"2024-07-22T10:11:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=42739"},"modified":"2024-09-07T12:01:04","modified_gmt":"2024-09-07T07:01:04","slug":"certain-political-mafia-making-azm-e-istehkam-controversial-dg-ispr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/featured\/certain-political-mafia-making-azm-e-istehkam-controversial-dg-ispr\/","title":{"rendered":"Certain &#8216;political mafia&#8217; making Azm-e-Istehkam controversial: DG ISPR"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">RAWALPINDI: Director General (DG) Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Lieutenant General <\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/dg-ispr-among-three-major-generals-promoted-to-lieutenant-general-rank\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> strongly condemned a planned propaganda campaign targeting the military&#8217;s counter-terrorism efforts under the banner of &#8220;<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/operation-azm-e-istehkam-aimed-at-achieving-lasting-stability-progress-top-military-brass\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Azm-e-Istehkam<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Addressing a press conference in Rawalpindi on Monday, DG ISPR questioned, &#8220;Why did a mafia, political mafia, and an illegal mafia say that they would not let this [campaign] happen?&#8221;, adding that a certain political mafia wants to make Azm-e-Istehkam controversial.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Azm-e-Istehkam is not a military operation. Why is Azm-e-Istehkam being made controversial? There&#8217;s a strong lobby that wants the objectives of Azm-e-Istehkam not to be fulfilled. It is being politicized.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>During a press conference, DG ISPR said, &#8220;Azm-e-Istehkam is a comprehensive and integrated counter-terrorism campaign, not a military operation per se as it is being presented.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/f_BLGnNEEvI?si=JJDZiJehO4KHTL1b\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lt. Gen. Sharif highlighted the significant achievements of the armed forces, stating that 398 terrorists had been eliminated in various operations this year alone, with 22,409 operations conducted so far.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> He also acknowledged the sacrifices made by the military, with 137 personnel having embraced martyrdom in the line of duty, killing 398 terrorists including 31 most wanted.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The DG ISPR revealed that the committee identified shortcomings and approved a &#8220;re-energized&#8221; campaign under Azm-e-Istehkam. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He recalled that the country&#8217;s top security body, the Apex Committee, met on June 22 to discuss Azm-e-Istehkam. He claimed that the statement released after the meeting stated, &#8220;We have made an anti-terrorism policy with national consensus.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The DG ISPR denounced the creation of a &#8220;false narrative&#8221; regarding the displacement of civilians during operations. He lamented the politicization of critical national security issues and highlighted a &#8220;strong lobby&#8221; working against the success of the National Action Plan (NAP), a counter-terrorism initiative launched in 2014 and revised in 2021.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lt. Gen. Sharif emphasized the transparency of the military&#8217;s efforts and urged national unity in the fight against terrorism. He questioned the motives of a &#8220;political mafia&#8221; seeking to hinder the progress of Azm-e-Istehkam, urging Pakistanis to prioritize national security above political agendas.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>RAWALPINDI: Director General (DG) Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Lieutenant General Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry strongly condemned a planned propaganda campaign targeting the military&#8217;s counter-terrorism efforts under the banner of &#8220;Azm-e-Istehkam.&#8221; Addressing a press conference in Rawalpindi on Monday, DG ISPR questioned, &#8220;Why did a mafia, political mafia, and an illegal mafia say that they would not [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":42742,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13446,2],"tags":[4487,19785],"class_list":["post-42739","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-pakistan","tag-dg-ispr","tag-general-ahmed-sharif-chaudhry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42739","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42739"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42739\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":42753,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42739\/revisions\/42753"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/42742"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42739"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42739"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42739"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}