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Pakistan is fully aware of the threats emanating from hostile intelligence agencies, especially Indian intelligence agency Research and Analysis Wing (RAW), against the country and the multi-billion dollar China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC).
The Chairman Joint Chiefs of the Staff Committee, Gen Zubair Mahmood Hayat, said this while speaking as the chief guest at a ceremony of the 107th Midshipmen commissioning term and 16th Short Service Commission Course at the Pakistan Naval Academy outside Karachi on Saturday.
He said these foreign intelligence agencies are operating from Afghanistan and other locations to foment unrest in Pakistan, especially in Balochistan.
"Their designs [and] oblique actions to sabotage CPEC are also well known," he said.
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Gen Hayat said Pakistan is confronting adversaries who are involved in an "indirect sub-conventional warfare against us".
Pointing to the existential conventional threat emanating from India, Gen Hayat said asymmetry has reached a critical threshold in the east.
In order to counter such threats, the country's armed forces are committed to undertaking "synergetic national efforts", he said.
"Make no mistake, we will beat back the enemy's design."
Gen Hayat said Pakistan's security forces along with law-enforcement agencies are playing a crucial role in tackling "external state-sponsored elements operating through local proxies".
Former defence secretary Gen (retd) Alam Khattak had said last year that RAW has established a special cell at its Head Quarters in New Delhi to sabotage CPEC and the plan is executed via Afghanistan
“RAW and Afghan NDS have launched joint secret operations against Pakistan by using three Indian consulates in Jalalabad, Kandahar and Mazar e Sharif,” he said at the time.
Gen Hayat in his address said Pakistan seeks a harmonious co-existence with all countries, especially its neighbours, adding that it will continue to make efforts for peace in Afghanistan.
"Stability, security, peace in Afghanistan is fundamental to the security of Pakistan."
He, however, warned that Pakistan's quest for peace and stability is not a "one-way traffic" but it has to factor in national interest and sovereign rights.
Gen Hayat congratulated the passing-out cadets for successfully completing their training. He said maritime security all along the coast, especially Gwadar, had assumed added significance in view of CPEC developments.
The commission term included 100 cadets, including 72 Pakistan Navy cadets and 28 cadets from Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Bahrain.
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Oh we know that a decade ago..but what you gonna do about it!
This is a perception.
stupid allegation
Timely response .... US Senate may change their decision and once again the Financial Aid will flow to Pakistan !
OK so what has been achieved in past 3 years if this is so well known
I will believe it when China says the same
Three years since they have a proper plan of action...still in the drawing board....
And we trust our soldiers
Yes we have heard of this for years now.
Anything new ?
Prove it.
General is totally justified here.
@Peanut Kulbushan Jadhav is the living proof
We want solid proof
As long as we have generals we will not have a stable civil society or peace or development for the poor.
@Babu stupid reaction
You will succeed & RAW will be defeated in her evil designs against Pakistan.
@AZAIN AHMED, time will tell if jadhav is proof or not. If he was involved in such activity then india would not have defending him.
Tell us something we don't know ..... like when and what are you going to do on a diplomatic level to counter this.
It is 100% true.
@Babu its reality have you seen jhadav interview where he accepted???jhadav i mean hussain patel dont know which one is right coz he have two passports
100 percent true statement.
Nothing to worry. Pakistan knows how to handle Afghans and RAW agents
Very well said. Yes, hostile activities of foreign countries is known for sometimes. Some countries pretend to be friends but Pakistan knows their true faces behind the artificial mask. With so much destruction going on for so many years, its not funny anymore. While local police and intelligence community try to catch foreign criminals and their agents, general public as citizen has the responsibility to report any suspicious activity to local police and intelligence people so those criminals can be caught before they commit their crimes.
Very well said sir. This is absolutely true
@Babu Those who defend criminals and their agents will always call it 'allegation'. But facts are there in front of the world to see, many agents, like Kalbhoshan busy in causing problems for Pakistan. Shame, shame, shame.
Pakistan should take action within to keep itself strong and to to curb any possible losses by the mischief makers. We also expect and always remind Afghanistan to do the same than to simply blame Pakistan for its troubles.
This presnce has been the most obvious for years, but what steps have been taken beyond the declarations, to neutralise it?
So act on them.. Take them out...
@Azmeen Indeed!
@R Sultan ...outstanding comment.
Get them all, plug the entire area.
@Azmeen Stupid statement
Good. We heard you. Now provide the evidence to back up your statements please.
More than RAW & Afghan intelligence being the source of trouble in Baluchistan, it is a well known fact that you have home cultivated terrorism responsible for death & destruction all over the country & those terrorists are freely addressing huge gatherings, collecting funds & donations , organizing long marches sometime under the banner of ASWJ, Lashkar-e Jhangavi & Mulla Aziz & many others. What about this open & huge industry of banner that is prospering in South Punjab & nobody seems to move a fig about it? Before we go about blaming others, we should take an inward look
Pakistan believes in peaceful co-existence. However, it has every right to make its territory free from miscreants. For that objective, it must take all the measures necessary.
@AZAIN AHMED
No proof has been given so far. There are only allegations so far. If proof is there why not give him consular access?
@Babu, You think Kulbhoshan came to Pakistan for picnic?
@Syed Zafar Kazmi U.S.A well said....
There is NO evidence to support the claims.
It is time for the two nations to stop subversive activities against each other. This will not happen from one side alone.