Major General Asif Ghafoor, director general of the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), in televised comments, said that dharna (sit-in) is a political activity and the armed forces of the country had no role in it.

"The work we are involved in does not allow us to become a part of any such [political] activity," he remarked.

Maj-Gen Ghafoor said the military supported the government during PTI's dharna of 2014.

"However, it neither has any role in the country's electoral process nor has it any desire to do so," he added.

Commenting on the Kashmir issue, Maj-Gen Ghafoor said the armed forces have been rendering sacrifices for the last 70 years, adding that the government and the military have neither made any compromises on the issue nor will they ever think of doing so in the future.

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