Defence Minister Khawaja Asif on Saturday defended the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) director general’s “guarded” language, saying the military’s spokesperson was free to “respond with full force” to criticism aimed at the armed forces. Planning Minister Ahsan Iqbal also backed the ISPR. “Our armed forces are sacrificing in the fight against terrorism. The ISPR DG has been soft — if it were me, I would have used even stronger words,” he said.
