Army chief briefs PM about security situation
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ISLAMABAD: Chief of Army Staff General Raheel Sharif called on Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif at the PM House on Thursday and briefed him about the security situation in Karachi, Balochistan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and FATA.
General Sharif also shared with the prime minister the details of today's terror attacks in Miramshah, North Waziristan which killed 12 Frontier Corps (FC) soldiers.
Prime Minister Sharif expressed his grief over the loss of precious lives of Pakistani soldiers and vowed that the sacrifices will not go in vain.
The premier also congratulated the army chief and the nation on successful training launch of the short range surface to surface Ballistic Missile, Hatf III (Ghaznavi).
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May 08, 2014 10:17pm
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May 08, 2014 11:19pm
Why so many meetings between PM & army chief, why the nation is not being taken into confidence
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May 08, 2014 11:19pm
Well he expressed his grief - They were killed in North Waziristan, area far from Raiwind, far from Punjab. Anyway he promised not to forget their sacrifice for the sake of Pakistan. Families of the deceased I am sure are grateful
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May 09, 2014 12:18am
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The PM and COAS,
We should not be in wait and see position.We are already behind.There should be tough action.
The prime minister should have condemned the attackers rather than simple grief.The language
of the prime minister is very defensive.There should be tough stand and action.
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May 09, 2014 12:52am
There is a meeting every 3 days now. It's just 2 childhood neighbors calming each other's insecurities.
One has a brother, Shahbaz, who is harboring extremists in Punjab. The other, now has to look the other
way when soldiers are slaughtered at the side of the road. He just need to survive,.. till his retirement from
the army. In 2 1/2 years.
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May 09, 2014 01:11am
I assure you Mr. PM that you and your family and Lahore is in good hands and will be guarded at any cost. Rest of the country can go to where the sun don't shine.
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May 09, 2014 01:11am
@Youth Because the nation is live stock for population.
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May 09, 2014 01:12am
How many of these "sacrifices" have already gone in vain? What kind of nonsense is that, whenever a solider or soldiers die, we hear the same statement from our leaders and seconds later, the matter is laid to rest. By not acting now, they are risking matters getting out of hand and it might not be long, before their lives are threatened and all these empty promises will, all of a sudden, come to haunt them!
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May 09, 2014 01:58am
Correction: they launched Hatf III a few week ago. This is Hatf Three. Next month would be Hatf 3. Please don't confuse the 3, three, III.
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May 09, 2014 03:11am
Strong action is needed before TTP gets reorganized. PM is just concerned about personal and family security and playing game of negotiation with terrorist. Same tactics was used by Zardari, who is mentor to NS in certain ways. Both are joining hands to digest previous loot. They are not concerned how many innocent civilians and security troops are martyred.
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May 09, 2014 03:47am
This is routine. Every time our soldiers are killed, army chief briefs Mian Nawaz Sharif about security situation. You don't have to guess what security situation is -- it is going from bad to worse. It is not being discussed in the parliament because Nawaz Sharif does not attend question-answer session. All discussions are private, only Lahori group is privy to these discussion.
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May 09, 2014 05:42am
Mr. PM, the situation is grim, tragicioooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo4
The conditions in the country is very grim and grotesque Mr. PM. It is unsafe anywhere you go. Premature horrific death is imminent as long as one is in Pakistan. It's been extremely taxing on the minorities. There is no solution in sight. There is no hope. There is no silver lining. There is no light at the end of the tunnel. In short Mr. PM we are totally messed up. God please take over the reins as we are so very messed up.
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May 09, 2014 05:43am
It is high time Pakistan starts focusing on its internal problems as opposed to wanting to interfere in the affairs of its neighbors. Just imagine how far these terror outfits have gone against Pakistan. This is the downside of using militants for proxy wars against other nations- it comes back to haunt Pakistan.
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May 09, 2014 06:32am
why is PM felicitating Army chief on Missile thing , is it not the PM should be felicitated by the people and the army.
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May 09, 2014 06:40am
WHy is pak army wasting money b testfiring chinese made rockets n missiles ?
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May 09, 2014 06:57am
@GA I don't think launch experiments of the same missile is something abnormal. These are regularly conducted all over the world!
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May 09, 2014 08:36am
In which country of the world Army Chief briefs Prime Minister every two days about security situation ? It seems Nawaz Shrif is a poor listener or slow learner. By frequent meetings & publisizing , NS is just sending messages that Army is behind him. Instead , he & his cabinet should be working hard to prepare better policies & its implementation for quicker results. If the people are behind him
no fear of Coup D'
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May 09, 2014 10:05am
There is nothing wrong in conducting meetings of PM, COAS, Corps Commanders etc but it more important to implement the decisions taken and systematic analysis of the previous meetings shortcomings. Since the situation in Pakistan is going from bad to worse, it is evident that nothing worthwhile is being achieved from numerous such meetings held in the past.
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