{"id":78283,"date":"2025-06-22T16:02:08","date_gmt":"2025-06-22T11:02:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=78283"},"modified":"2025-06-22T16:02:08","modified_gmt":"2025-06-22T11:02:08","slug":"jihad-is-states-decision-not-for-individuals-or-groups-dg-ispr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/jihad-is-states-decision-not-for-individuals-or-groups-dg-ispr\/","title":{"rendered":"Jihad is State\u2019s decision, Not for individuals or groups: DG ISPR"},"content":{"rendered":"

KARACHI: DG Inter Services Public Relations<\/a> (ISPR)<\/span> and Pak Army spokesperson Lieutenant General Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry <\/span>opined<\/span> that only <\/span>the <\/span>state <\/span>can<\/span> declare jihad, <\/span>cautioning<\/span> against the <\/span>use<\/span> of religious <\/span>terms<\/span> by individuals <\/span>and<\/span> groups<\/span> in the wrong sense<\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Speaking<\/span> to <\/span>religious and community leaders in Karachi, the ISPR chief <\/a><\/span>emphasized<\/span> the <\/span>need<\/span> for<\/span> equality, coexistence, and constitutional rights for all Pakistanis, <\/span>irrespective<\/span> of religion or ethnicity.<\/span><\/p>\n

Pakistan <\/span>is<\/span> the<\/span> country<\/span> of <\/span>all its citizens. Our Constitution safeguards the<\/span>\u00a0rights of <\/span>all<\/span> religious <\/span>communities,”<\/span> Lt Gen Sharif<\/span> stated<\/span>. <\/span>“<\/span>Sectarian or ethnic <\/span>animosity<\/span> stems<\/span> from ignorance. Our <\/span>most<\/span> effective <\/span>weapon is unity, and if we <\/span>unite<\/span>, no <\/span>foreign<\/span> power can <\/span>vanquish<\/span> us<\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n

He also<\/span> strongly <\/span>condemned<\/span> New Delhi<\/span> for<\/span> supporting terrorism in Pakistan and for <\/span>Modi <\/span>backing terrorism <\/span>here<\/span>, and <\/span>added<\/span> that the Pakistan Army<\/a> is <\/span>fighting<\/span> such threats <\/span>with<\/span> new<\/span> strategies and <\/span>unflinching<\/span> national will.<\/span><\/p>\n

On the question<\/span> of extremism and religious manipulation, the <\/span>army spokesperson <\/span>made it clear<\/span>, <\/span>“<\/span>Declaring jihad is not within the jurisdiction of any group or individual. Only the state has this authority under Islamic principles and the law of the land<\/span>.”<\/span><\/p>\n

DG ISPR‘<\/span>s <\/span>initiative<\/span> was <\/span>greeted<\/span> enthusiastically<\/span> by <\/span>the <\/span>participants, who <\/span>appreciated<\/span> the army<\/span>‘<\/span>s <\/span>open<\/span> outreach<\/span> to<\/span> various<\/span> communities. <\/span>Participants<\/span> urged<\/span> more<\/span> of<\/span> such <\/span>efforts<\/span> to <\/span>foster<\/span> confidence<\/span>, enhance interfaith<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>harmony<\/span>, and <\/span>forge<\/span> a <\/span>cohesive<\/span> Pakistan.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

KARACHI: DG Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) and Pak Army spokesperson Lieutenant General Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry opined that only the state can declare jihad, cautioning against the use of religious terms by individuals and groups in the wrong sense. Speaking to religious and community leaders in Karachi, the ISPR chief emphasized the need for equality, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":47684,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[4487,1598,1059],"class_list":["post-78283","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pakistan","tag-dg-ispr","tag-inter-services-public-relations","tag-pakistan-army"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78283","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\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=78283"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78283\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":78286,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78283\/revisions\/78286"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/47684"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=78283"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=78283"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=78283"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}