ISLAMABAD: D.G-MO, has said that Army was involved in fighting
militancy, and as such aimed at elimination of militancy, and establish
writ of the State.
DG-MO Major General Ishfaq Nadeem Ahmad was
providing details regarding Army posts established along Pak-Afghan
Border during the 3rd meeting of the Inquiry Commission on Abbottabad
Operation on 25th July 2011 in the Committee Room of the Cabinet
Division, as chaired by f Mr. Justice Javed Iqbal, Senior Judge of the
Supreme Court of Pakistan and President of the Commission.
Members
of the Commission. Mr. Abbas Khan, I.G. (R), Mr. Ashraf Jehangir Qazi,
and Lt. Gen. (R) Nadeem attended the meeting, during which Major
General Ishfaq Nadeem Ahmad, Director General, and Military Operations
the Pakistan Army gave a detailed statement to the Commission
explaining perspective of the Army leading to Abbottabad Operation.
He
informed the Commission about the contacts made by the Chief of Army
Staff with Chief of Air Staff, Foreign Secretary, Prime Minister and
the President of Pakistan soon after learning about the incident
He
however, stated that no threat whatsoever was envisaged from
Afghanistan and ISAF (International Security Assistance Force), both of
whom are allies of Pakistan in the fight against terrorism.
He
also explained that Abbottabad Cantonment is an open cantonment, hosts
only training institutions and as such no fighting troops are deployed
in the garrison. Nevertheless these Institutions have their own
security in place to deal with any security threat.
He
explained that Pakistan and US/ISAF conduct anti militant operations on
respective side of the Pakistan-Afghanistan Border and Plans of
operations close to the border are fully shared. The operation in
Abbottabad was not known to any tier in the Pakistan Army. "US acted in
an environment of trust and Army was therefore, taken by surprise. The
Strategic Sites are very well protected and are under Air and Ground
protection of Pakistan Armed Forces, as such not comparable with
Abbottabad incident", he deliberated.
The next meeting of the
Commission will be held on Monday the 1st August, 2011 at 0300 pm,
wherein D.G ISI will brief the Commission. Online
