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ISLAMABAD: In the ongoing war on terrorism the armed forces have so far lost the equivalent of two full brigades. Among those killed were one three-star and a couple of two-star generals.
Briefing defence committees of the two houses of parliament at General Headquarters on Tuesday (partly reported in Dawn on Wednesday), Director-General of Military Operations Maj-Gen Ashfaq Nadeem said that 3,097 personnel had been killed and 721 others permanently disabled.
The total number of Pakistanis killed in the conflict has gone up to 40,309. Maj-Gen Nadeem said the Inter-Services Intelligence alone had lost 63 personnel in various incidents, including attacks on its major stations.
Since 2007, he said, more than 140,000 armed forces personnel had been deployed along the Afghan border.
During the briefing, Chief of Army Staff Gen Ashfaq Parvez Kayani rejected a perception that defence spending consumed a major portion of expenditures allocated in the budget. He also denied that defence spending had been increasing over the years.
Gen Kayani said that up to 75 per cent of what was allocated to the defence services was spent on salary and rations of the personnel and just 25 per cent on everything else. According to him, Pakistan spends on three soldiers what India spends on only one soldier.
When asked why did his old friend and former US military chief Admiral Mike Mullen stab him in the back by leveling some serious allegations against Pakistan Army, he said: Friendship does not matter in such issues.
(Mike) Mullen did what he thought was in the interest of the United States and I will do what I think is in Pakistans interest.
Gen Kayani said public cooperation was required to effectively combat terrorism.
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Now that's a lot of casualties! RIP to the soldiers martyred by those murderous terrorists. Equally sad is that 721 soldiers have been permanently disabled. Hope they and their families are well looked after by the government.
And how about the civilians killed and those who've been permanently disabled? Are they receiving any compensation especially those living in the AFPAK region? Or are they left to fend for themselves?
Pakistan lost two brigades in war on terror | Newspaper | DAWN.COM
Briefing defence committees of the two houses of parliament at General Headquarters on Tuesday (partly reported in Dawn on Wednesday), Director-General of Military Operations Maj-Gen Ashfaq Nadeem said that 3,097 personnel had been killed and 721 others permanently disabled.
The total number of Pakistanis killed in the conflict has gone up to 40,309. Maj-Gen Nadeem said the Inter-Services Intelligence alone had lost 63 personnel in various incidents, including attacks on its major stations.
Since 2007, he said, more than 140,000 armed forces personnel had been deployed along the Afghan border.
During the briefing, Chief of Army Staff Gen Ashfaq Parvez Kayani rejected a perception that defence spending consumed a major portion of expenditures allocated in the budget. He also denied that defence spending had been increasing over the years.
Gen Kayani said that up to 75 per cent of what was allocated to the defence services was spent on salary and rations of the personnel and just 25 per cent on everything else. According to him, Pakistan spends on three soldiers what India spends on only one soldier.
When asked why did his old friend and former US military chief Admiral Mike Mullen stab him in the back by leveling some serious allegations against Pakistan Army, he said: Friendship does not matter in such issues.
(Mike) Mullen did what he thought was in the interest of the United States and I will do what I think is in Pakistans interest.
Gen Kayani said public cooperation was required to effectively combat terrorism.
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Now that's a lot of casualties! RIP to the soldiers martyred by those murderous terrorists. Equally sad is that 721 soldiers have been permanently disabled. Hope they and their families are well looked after by the government.
And how about the civilians killed and those who've been permanently disabled? Are they receiving any compensation especially those living in the AFPAK region? Or are they left to fend for themselves?
Pakistan lost two brigades in war on terror | Newspaper | DAWN.COM