Ex-COAS Gen Baig terms audio fake, conspiracy against Army

RAWALPINDI – Former Army Chief General (R) Mirza Aslam Baig on Wednesday termed the purported audio being run the social media fake and a conspiracy hatched by the country’s enemy against the Pakistan Army. General Baig, in an audio statement, said, “I condemn and refute the vile and absurd statements that are coming in the social media against the army and its top leadership.

“It is an immoral idea for me to speak against the Pakistan Army and its dignity as it  is my identity and glory. Its every soldier and officer is respectable to me”, he added.

General Baig said, “As long as Allah Almighty has given me life, my mind, my heart and tongue will continue to speak the truth about the glory of Pakistan Army”.

He said the movement against the Army was a conspiracy of the country’s enemies.  “Do not be a part of this conspiracy. Do not tarnish your clean character and actions. Allah Almighty does not like such things”, General Baig urged the nation.

PM Visits Metro bus project, announces free metro service in Ramadan

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif visited the site of the Peshawar Metro Bus to review the ongoing construction work on Metro Service Islamabad and ordered an inquiry into the delay in the project.

PM Shehbaz arrived at the site to survey the under-construction project which started in 2017 and was to be completed in 2018.

On the occasion, the premier directed to prepare immediate feasibility of connecting Islamabad Metro with motorways from three routes.

He also ordered to run free metro service for the citizens during the month of Ramadan.

Apart from this, PM also directed to run metro service from Peshawar road till the airport on April 16, 2022