{"id":4006,"date":"2021-02-08T09:29:03","date_gmt":"2021-02-08T09:29:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/?p=4006"},"modified":"2021-02-08T09:29:03","modified_gmt":"2021-02-08T09:29:03","slug":"dont-drag-army-into-politics-dg-ispr-refutes-backdoor-meeting-claims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/2021\/02\/08\/dont-drag-army-into-politics-dg-ispr-refutes-backdoor-meeting-claims\/","title":{"rendered":"Don\u2019t Drag Army Into Politics: DG ISPR Refutes Backdoor Meeting Claims"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Pakistan\u2019s military spokesman has said the Army has nothing to with politics and should not be dragged into it.In a statement on Monday, Director General of Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Maj Gen Babar Iftikhar ruled out the military\u2019s contact with anyone through a backdoor channel, making it clear that the Army was busy with its own job.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4008\" src=\"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/dgispr-Pakistan-dont-drag-us-into-politics-babar-ispr-rapid-news-rapidnews-dailyrapidnews.jpg\" alt=\"dgispr-Pakistan-dont-drag-us-into-politics-babar-ispr-rapid-news-rapidnews-dailyrapidnews\" width=\"623\" height=\"401\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/dgispr-Pakistan-dont-drag-us-into-politics-babar-ispr-rapid-news-rapidnews-dailyrapidnews.jpg 623w, https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/dgispr-Pakistan-dont-drag-us-into-politics-babar-ispr-rapid-news-rapidnews-dailyrapidnews-300x193.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 623px) 100vw, 623px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are some rumors about Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM),\u201d the DG-ISPR said, adding that alleging someone without proof was not correct. \u201cIf any member of the Pakistan Democratic Movement has any evidence that Pakistan Army is having any back door meetings with them, then I challenge them to bring that evidence to public. Do not drag the institution into politics. We have nothing to do with it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cProvision of security is a duty which Pakistan Army is performing diligently,\u201d he concluded.<br \/>\nLast month, the head of military\u2019s media wing made headlines when he had said that leaders of the opposition alliance would be offered tea and snacks and looked after if they decided to stage a long march towards Rawalpindi.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pakistan\u2019s military spokesman has said the Army has nothing to with politics and should not<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4007,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4006","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pakistan"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v18.4.1 - 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