Good governance quintessential for Pakistan: DG ISPR

Director General Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Lt-Gen Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry on Friday said an administrative reset should take place if it was required to ensure good governance, adding that any such changes must be carried out through constitutional and legal means and in accordance with the will of the people. He made the remarks while addressing a news conference on the country's overall security situation, particularly the situation in Balochistan. On Thursday, Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi said that Pakistan's existing governance system had collapsed and was no longer capable of addressing the country's challenges, calling for administrative reforms, including the creation of new administrative units, echoing the demand put forward by several political parties to create more provinces for better governance.

Responding to a question on whether he agreed with the remarks that the governance system in Balochistan had failed, the DG ISPR said he would not comment on the minister's statement. However, he stated that good governance was essential for Pakistan's security and stability. "As a primary stakeholder in security, we would like to say that good governance is the key to security and stability.

Without that, your issues cannot be solved," he said. Turning to the security situation, the DG ISPR said "Fitna al Hindustan", "Khawarij", the RSS, India and the Afghan Taliban were working together. This Hindustan and Khawarij, and the people sitting in the RSS, India and the Afghan Taliban, they are together.

We are hunting them and seeking them, and they are now going for soft targets," he said. He further said that in 2019 and 2025 Pakistan had "settled our scores with the Indian army", adding that subsequent efforts had focused on creating unrest inside Pakistan. "Then they came up with another option: to start unrest within Pakistan.

This time around, they have cloaked their attempt using the language of rights, without mentioning the obligations that come with it." The DG ISPR referred to the National Action Plan (NAP), saying it reflected a consensus among political parties over the past 12 years. "There is a National Action Plan that is an agreed consensus, which has 14 points, on which all political parties over the last 12 years have had consensus, whether they are in power or not," he said.