DG ISPR highlights 'need to stop attacking each other' amid Middle East conflicts

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The Pakistani military’s spokesperson, Lieutenant General Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry, has called on the Muslim nations to unite amid the ongoing conflicts in the Middle East.

In an interview with Independent Arabia, he emphasised that there was no advantage “to these countries, any country, by vertically or horizontally escalating these conflicts”.

“We need to stop attacking each other,” he maintained, highlighting that Pakistan had been trying to convey the same to all parties since the US-Iran war erupted.

“Whether you expand it to Houthis, whether you expand it to other places, it doesn’t serve anything. It only serves those who are interested in chaos in the region.”

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