Armed Forces Fully Alert: Foreign Minister Qureshi

Thursday, December 25, 2008 at 4:35 pm

Armed Forces Fully Alert: Foreign Minister Qureshi MULTAN: Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi said that Pakistan will hammer out the strategy in accordance with the situation.

He said that the armed forces of Pakistan know how to defend the territorial borders of country.

Urging the war-prone India to avoid war and war-mongering, the foreign minister said Pakistan is a peaceful country and does not want war.

However, he said, ‘We should not consider that everything is okay,’ adding Pakistan taking stock of the recent developments in the backdrop of India-spawned tension.

Qureshi said, ‘We should not stay negligent of India,’ adding the Armed Forces of Pakistan are fully alert and vigilant for the defence of national territory.

Mehmood Qureshi said Pakistan is in persistent contact with OIC following the India-Pakistan tension unleashed by hysteria-stricken India.

“The government has the defence of the country as the first and foremost priority,” he added.