Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Director General (DG) Major General Asif Ghafoor on Sunday criticized Voice of America (VOA) an American radio network for false reporting.
ISPR DG tweeted, “While an inquiry has been ordered to ascertain facts, no assurance given for any court martial. No one was killed/injured by Forces. @voadeewa keeps up its tradition of false reporting. People of Waziristan are peace loving and value the attained peace.”
While an inquiry has been ordered to ascertain facts, no assurance given for any court martial. No one was killed/injured by Forces. @voadeewa keeps up its tradition of false reporting. People of Waziristan are peace loving and value the attained peace. pic.twitter.com/JV5SypbFnl
— Maj Gen Asif Ghafoor (@OfficialDGISPR) August 26, 2018
A sit-in underway in a remote North Waziristan village since Friday to protest the killing of two unarmed civilians allegedly at the hands of security personnel ended early on Sunday morning, following assurances by the authorities that no untoward incident would take place in future.
Speaking to the gathering before the sit-in was called off, the newly-elected MNA from North Waziristan, Mohsin Dawar, said the protest had been ended conditionally. “We will return in greater numbers to hold a more vigorous protest if the conditions aren’t met and locals are mistreated in future,” he said, adding, “Today, we have conveyed a message that we want to live on our soil with dignity and with all the rights granted in the Constitution. Our peaceful conduct has also sent out a message that we abhor terrorism and we believe in coexistence.”