Army chief General Raheel Sharif said on Thursday that if Pakistan were to launch surgical strikes, India would not be able to forget it for generations to come.
India, he said, will be teaching its children about Pakistan’s surgical strike if the latter took such measures. Pakistani troops are capable of teaching Indian forces a lesson, he added.
Addressing a jirga [consultative body] of tribal elders in Bara tehsil of Khyber Agency during his visit to the area, the chief of army staff confirmed he will be retiring on November 29 after a three-year term, as scheduled.
Army chief inaugurates Shahid Afridi cricket stadium in Khyber Agency
General Raheel further said that Pakistan Army and tribal people have eliminated the scourge of terrorism. Tribal areas were considered a no-go area three years ago but now these are witnessing social gatherings and development projects, he maintained.
He added that he would dedicate his life after retirement to families of martyrs of the armed forces.
The army chief went on to say that Pakistan’s army is the best military fighting against terrorism, and added that the soldiers are in high morale.
On November 16, Army chief said Indian premier Narendra Modi must have fully realised by now what Pakistan’s armed forces were capable of and that aggression is counterproductive.
Frequent incidents of cross-border fire have been witnessed since a heightened situation in occupied Kashmir. More than 100 protesters have lost their lives to the security forces in the valley while dozens blinded by use of pellet guns.
The two countries have been at loggerheads since the killing of a populist rebel leader Burhan Wani by the occupied forces in the valley on July 8.
India also accuses Pakistan of being involved in an attack on an army base in Uri on September 18, in which 19 Indian soldiers were killed. Islamabad has denied the charge, which Delhi leveled without any substantial investigation or evidence.
