Pakistan is not going to give airbases to the US: COAS

The military chief was responding to questions posed by journalists after he had attended a navy and intelligence briefing to parliamentarians on nationwide safety and the Afghanistan scenario.

“You need to have put this query to the federal government. Why have you ever requested this from me?” Gen Bajwa stated when first questioned on the navy’s place on the matter.

Nevertheless, when pushed, the COAS echoed the federal government in saying no base could be given to the US.

Pakistan has publicly refused to present navy bases to the US for operations inside Afghanistan after the withdrawal of overseas forces from the war-torn nation.

Washington had requested Islamabad’s assist to maintain a verify on the scenario in Afghanistan and cease it from falling into the palms of terrorists.
Prime Minister Imran Khan, in his handle on the ground of the Nationwide Meeting a day earlier, had stated Pakistan might be a accomplice in peace with the US however not in battle.

He had underlined that Pakistan grew to become a goal for militants when it joined the so-called US-led warfare towards terror and despatched its military into the tribal areas.