Army to continue supporting state institutions: COAS.

RAWALPINDI -- The military top brass on Monday put their full weight behind the state institutions, vowing that reversal of security gains would not be allowed at any cost. The pledge was made at the 226th Corps Commanders' Conference which met with Army Chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa at the military headquarters. Addressing the senior army leadership, Gen Bajwa said that Pakistan Army as an organ of the state will continue to support national institutions as and when asked in accordance with the constitution. 'We have attained better internal security and stability through cohesive national efforts and sacrifices rendered by Pakistan's armed forces, all national institutions and above all the nation. We shall not let it reverse to suit any vested agenda at any cost,' he said while presiding over the 226th Corps Commanders' Conference at the General Headquarters. The military's assurance of support to the state institutions came at a time when Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman, along with all opposition parties, are encamped in the federal capital demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Imran Khan.

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