President Mamnoon Hussain and Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi in their separate messages on the Defence Day have said Pakistan is fully capable of defeating aggression.
They paid homage to all those who laid down their lives in defending the motherland.
The President said the government has launched National Action Plan under which the armed forces, police and law enforcement agencies are successfully rooting out the menace of terrorism and extremism from the country.
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The Prime Minister said that we can only defeat our enemies through strict adherence to the cardinal principles of unity, faith and discipline laid down by the Father of the Nation.
He said that Pakistan is on the path of accelerated development and we are being viewed as an emerging economy by the global Economic community.
He said that Pakistan's military has been victorious in the war against terror and has proved its professional excellence. Operations Zarb-e-Azb, Radd-ul-Fasaad and Khyber-4 have broken the backbone of terrorists.
