Pakistan Army knows how to defend its honour and dignity: DG ISPR.

RAWALPINDI -- Maj Gen Asif Ghafoor, the director general of Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), addressed a short press conference on Thursday evening, in which he deemed the detailed judgement in the high treason case against former army chief Gen Pervez Musharraf to be against "humanity and religion".

The presser, during which the DG ISPR did not take any questions, came hours after the detailed verdict in the high treason case was released.

Maj Gen Ghafoor began by saying that the military had expressed its reservations after Musharraf was sentenced to death by a special court for high treason. He said after today's detailed judgement in the case against Musharraf "those reservations are proving to be true".

Following the verdict on December 17, ISPR had issued a swift statement, saying the "decision given by special court has been received with lot of pain and anguish by rank and file of Pakistan Armed Forces".

The ISPR chief said the verdict issued today - especially the words used in the written order - "transgresses humanity, religion, culture and any other values".

The army spokesperson did not specify any part of the judgement; however, para 66 of the order - which calls for the former president's body to be "dragged to D-Chowk" in Islamabad and "hanged for three days" - has already drawn severe criticism from the legal community as well as Attorney General Anwar Mansoor Khan.

Maj Gen Ghafoor said the Pakistan armed forces is an organised institution and its members have taken the oath to sacrifice their lives for the defence of the national security.

"We have demonstrated it practically in the past 20 years [and] achieved what no other country or army in the world could achieve.

"We are today facing a hybrid war. We are fully aware of this changing nature and character of war. We also understand the enemy, its facilitators, supervisors and their possible designs," he told the press conference.

The DG ISPR said the country is currently facing threats from both internal and external sources, and cited a recent statement by the Indian army chief in this regard.

"Some people want to provoke us through internal and external attacks into fighting amongst ourselves in the current circumstances, and are dreaming of defeating Pakistan in this manner.

"This will not happen. If we are aware of the threat, our response too is in place."

Maj Gen Ghafoor quoted Army Chief Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa as saying that the country has covered a long...

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