Kashmir is Pakistan's jugular vein, says COAS Gen Bajwa

RAWALPINDI: Chief of Army Staff (COAS), General Qamar Javed Bajwa said Kashmir is Pakistan's jugular vein and that we will never abandon our Kashmiri brethren.He was addressing the Defence Day ceremony at the army headquarters in Rawalpindi.Jammu & Kashmir is an unfinished agenda of the partition, General Bajwa said. “Today’s Pakistan gives a message of peace and this message is for the whole world. Pakistan has fulfilled its responsibilities and it is now up to the global community to reject extremism.”The sacrifices of our martyrs will not go in vain, the army chief said adding that the environment in the country is peaceful now.In Indian Occupied Kashmir, he said, state terrorism is at its peak and Pakistan will go to any length for the Kashmiris.The ceremony to pay tributes to the martyrs was held at the GHQ where the families of martyrs were specially invited.At the start of the ceremony, the COAS laid the floral wreath at the Yadgar-e-Shuhada.A documentary was also shown in which the martyrs were remembered by their families and friends.Earlier, DG Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) Major General Asif Ghafoor said national spirit was must for defence of the country, adding that living nations always remember their martyrs.He told a TV channel that the families of martyrs were first priority of the armed forces adding that it was also duty of the nation to take care of families of martyrs.Gen Ghafoor said there was no match of Pakistani nation, armed forces and country in the world, adding that they were proud of their institution of armed forces.“The army chief has also stated that he is commander-in-chief of the great force,” he said.The ISPR chief said the whole nation had given sacrifices in the war against terrorism adding that 81,000 civilians and officers and jawans of armed forces had sacrificed their lives for the cause.“The number of civilian martyrs is more than the martyrs of armed forces,” he said.He said the armed forces had been fighting for Kashmir for the last 72 years and the fight would continue till the Kashmiris get their right to self-determination.

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