Bajwa rakes up K-issue, asks troops to respond with full force

Pakistan’s newly-appointed army chief General Qamar Bajwa on Friday raked up the Kashmir issue for the first time in his address to soldiers and asked them to respond with “full force” to each ceasefire violation by India.

“Each violation of any kind must be responded to with full force in the most effective manner,” he said during a visit to the 10 Corps Rawalpindi and troops at forward locations along the LoC. 

Bajwa was briefed on the security situation along the LoC “in view of recent violations and escalation by Indian troops and Pakistan’s own response,” the army’s media wing Inter-Services Public Relations said.