Pakistan leaders on Thursday warmly welcomed the announcement by the Army that it has decided to remain within its constitutional limits by staying away from politics.
Their reaction came hours after Lt Gen Nadeem Ahmad Anjum, the Director General of Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), in an unprecedented move, addressed a press conference along with the military spokesman Major General Babar Iftikar during which they announced that the decision to stay away from politics was taken last year.
“Last year, the establishment decided that it would restrict itself to its Constitutional role. The Army had an intense discussion and we reached the conclusion that the country’s benefit lies in restricting ourselves to our Constitutional role and remaining out of politics,” he said.
