Islamabad: Pakistan's powerful Army Chief General Raheel Sharif on Saturday said that the resolution of Kashmir issue was imperative for the establishment of sustainable peace in the region.
Addressing a passing-out parade at the Military Academy in Kakul, General Sharif said that the people of Kashmir should be allowed to decide their fate in the light of United Nations resolutions.
"We persistently seek peace in the region and beyond. This quest for peace is our nation's greatest strength. We desire regional stability and relationship based on equality and mutual respect," he said.
The army chief added that Pakistan's armed forces were fully capable of meeting any external threat. Any aggression against Pakistan will get a "befitting response," he said.
General Sharif pointed out that the military operation in North Waziristan was successfully going on and it would continue till militancy is completely wiped out.
He said the objective of the armed forces is to establish peace in the country and they have already destroyed the organised network of terrorists which was based in North Waziristan.
