Prime Minister Imran Khan Friday said that Pakistan's armed forces were fully capable and prepared to thwart any Indian misadventure or aggression. "While our current efforts are to expose fascist Indian regime to the world, our armed forces remain fully capable and prepared to thwart any Indian misadventure or aggression," the prime minister said while talking to the families of the martyrs and injured during his visit to the Line of Control on Defence and Martyrs Day, also declared as a day of solidarity with Kashmiris.

The prime minister was accompanied by Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa, Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi, Defence Minister Pervez Khattak and Chairman Kashmir Committee Syed Fakhar Imam, an ISPR press release said. The prime minister was briefed on the ongoing situation on the LoC. He interacted with the local victims of the Indian ceasefire violations as well as troops.

He lauded the state of readiness, effective response to Indian ceasefire violations and high morale of the troops. Talking to the families of martyrs and injured, the prime minister lauded their decades of resilience. He said that deliberate Indian targeting of unarmed civilians in Azad Jammu and Kashmir and continued siege of innocent Kashmiris in Indian occupied Jammu and Kashmir constitutes the worst example of human rights violations. The prime minister reiterated that Pakistan firmly stood by Kashmiris for their right to self determination.

Copyright Associated Press of Pakistan, 2019