President Alvi clarifies his statement about constitutional role’s of army taken out of context 

ISLAMABAD, July 26 (SABAH): It is clarified that the news item aired by certain electronic media channels wrongly attributed the President to have said that Army does not have a constitutional role in the country.

The President said that his statement regarding the constitutional role was taken out of context and was wrongly attributed to him. He said that role of the army has been clearly defined under articles 8(3)(a), 39, 243 to 245 and entry No. 1 & 2 of the Fourth Schedule of the Constitution, therefore, said news items have been reported out of context and are factually incorrect.

Moreover, the President also clarified the statement attributed to him regarding the early appointment of the army chief. What the President had said was that if the appointment of army chief takes place through the laid down procedure, containing the formal approval of relevant institutions and offices then he would have no objection to it.