TIL Desk/World/Washington/ Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Thursday authorised the military to ‘respond decisively and comprehensively to any aggression or misadventure’ by India, amidst heightened tensions between the two sides following the Pulwama terror attack that killed 41 Central Reserve Police Force soldiers.
Days after the terror strike by Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammad terror group in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama district, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said security forces have been given free hand to avenge the dastardly act.
Prime Minister Khan, who chaired a key meeting of the National Security Committee (NSC) in Islamabad on Thursday, said the Pakistan government was ‘determined to demonstrate’ that it is capable of protecting its people.
He authorised the armed forces of Pakistan to ‘respond decisively and comprehensively to any aggression or misadventure by India’, said a statement issued after the meeting. “This is a new Pakistan and we are determined to demonstrate to our people that the State is capable of protecting them,” Khan said.
