Pakistan Army chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa on Friday informed the military chiefs and ambassadors of major western powers and China that Pakistan reserves the right to respond to any Indian aggression displayed against it as a matter of self-defence. The army chief stated this during his separate phone conversations with the commander of the United States Central Command (Centcom), United Kingdom’s chief of defence staff (CDS), Australian chief of defence force (CDF) and the ambassadors to Pakistan of the US, UK and China. “Pak shall surely respond to any aggression in self defence,” the army chief was quoted as telling the military chiefs and envoys by Maj Gen Asif Ghafoor, the head of the military’s media wing, on Twitter. COAS had tel comm with Comd USCENTCOM, CDS UK, CDF Australia and Ambs of US, UK & China in Pak. “Pak shall surely respond to any aggression in self defence”, COAS.

Source: Pakistan Today March 01, 2019 14:14 UTC