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Chief of Defence Forces and Chief of Army Staff Field Marshal Asim Munir connected Monday (December 8, 2025) claimed that Pakistan is simply a “peaceful nation” but warned that nary 1 would beryllium allowed to trial Islamabad's territorial integrity oregon sovereignty.
Addressing the officers of the equipped forces pursuing a defender of honour astatine the GHQ to honour him connected being appointed arsenic the country's archetypal CDF, Field Marshal Munir besides said that Pakistan's effect volition beryllium "much much swift and severe" successful lawsuit of immoderate aggression.
India launched Operation Sindoor connected May 7, targeting panic infrastructure successful Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir successful retaliation for the Pahalgam onslaught that killed 26 civilians. The strikes triggered 4 days of aggravated clashes that ended with an knowing connected stopping the subject actions connected May 10.
Field Marshal Munir reiterated that Pakistan is simply a peace-loving country, but warned that nary 1 volition beryllium allowed to endanger the country's sovereignty, territorial integrity, oregon trial its resolve.
Speaking connected Pakistan-Afghanistan tensions, Field Marshal Munir said that a wide connection had been fixed to the Afghan Taliban authorities successful Kabul. "The [Afghan] Taliban person nary enactment but to take betwixt Fitna al-Khawarij [TTP] and Pakistan," helium said.
The authorities past twelvemonth notified the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan as “Fitna al-Khawarij”, a notation to a radical successful earlier Islamic past which was progressive successful violence.
Field Marshal Munir said the newly-established Defence Forces Headquarters was a awesome of the cardinal alteration that was historic.
“In presumption of the increasing and changing threats, it is indispensable that we further amended multi-domain operations nether the unified strategy of the 3 forces,” helium said.
He besides said that each work volition support its uniqueness for its operational preparedness, and the CDF office volition coordinate the operations of the services.
The lawsuit was attended by the Pakistan Air Force Chief Air Chief Marshal Zaheer Ahmed Baber Sidhu, Chief of the Naval Staff Admiral Naveed Ashraf and elder officers from each 3 equipped forces.
Field Marshal Munir assumed the complaint arsenic the archetypal CDF aft the authorities past week issued an authoritative notification for the assignment successful the caller relation for a five-year term; helium would concurrently service arsenic Chief of Army Staff.
The CDF was established pursuing the 27th Constitutional Amendment past period and consequent changes to the Pakistan Army, Air Force, and Navy (Amendment) Bills 2025.
