{"id":26601,"date":"2025-03-19T00:41:37","date_gmt":"2025-03-19T00:41:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/?p=26601"},"modified":"2025-03-19T00:41:38","modified_gmt":"2025-03-19T00:41:38","slug":"army-chief-vows-to-defeat-terrorists-with-unified-national-response","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/?p=26601","title":{"rendered":"Army Chief vows to defeat terrorists with unified national response"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"545\" src=\"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/FB_IMG_1742344735481.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-26602\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/FB_IMG_1742344735481.jpg 720w, https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/FB_IMG_1742344735481-300x227.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Islamabad :&nbsp; Army Chief General Syed Asim Munir has expressed the resolve to defeat terrorists and all their facilitators through a unified national response.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Addressing the Parliamentary Committee on National Security, he said no agenda, movement, or individual is more important than national security.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">General Syed Asim Munir emphasized that all elements of national power must work in harmony to ensure sustainable stability. He described the fight against terrorism as a war for the survival of the nation and future generations. He underscored the need to improve governance and transform Pakistan into a hard state. He questioned how long the country could continue making immense sacrifices as a soft state and expressed concern over filling governance gaps with the blood of armed forces and martyrs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Army Chief urged Ulema to expose the distorted interpretation of Islam propagated by the Khawarij. He remarked that the existence of the country is paramount, saying, &#8220;If this country exists, then we exist; therefore, nothing is more important than the security of the nation.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He stressed the importance of unity to protect Pakistan and adopting a narrative that rises above political and personal interests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Army Chief expressed confidence that, with the blessings of Allah Almighty, the nation will succeed in defeating terrorism.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Islamabad :&nbsp; Army Chief General Syed Asim Munir has expressed the resolve to defeat terrorists and all their facilitators through a unified national response. Addressing the Parliamentary Committee on National&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":26602,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,4],"tags":[361,55,2608],"class_list":["post-26601","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-main-stories","category-national","tag-chief-of-army-staff-coas","tag-national-assembly-of-pakistan","tag-parliamentary-committee-on-national-security"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26601","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=26601"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26601\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26603,"href":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26601\/revisions\/26603"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/26602"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=26601"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=26601"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=26601"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}