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- The date and time of the APC will be announced soon, but it is likely to be held next week after the Prime Minister returns from his visit to Kazakhstan.
- Opposition parties, including the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), have expressed concerns about the operation and are demanding clarification on the details of the operation.
- Defence Minister Khawaja Asif has assured the nation that Azm-i-Istehkam is “solely focused on eradicating terrorism” and has no political motives .
- The operation was approved with the consensus of all stakeholders, including provinces, Gilgit-Baltistan, and Azad Jammu and Kashmir .
- The government has clarified that Operation Azm-e-Istehkam is not a kinetic operation but a multi-domain and whole-of-system national vision aimed at rooting out terrorism.