Yes, Raheel Sharif is a laughable fantasist, but he isn’t really all that different from all the Western leaders who insist that Islamic terrorism has nothing to do with Islam.
“2016 to be year of terrorism elimination, says COAS,” News International, January 2, 2016:
RAWALPINDI/ISLAMABAD: The Chief of the Army Staff (COAS), General Raheel Sharif, on Friday said 2016 would be the year of elimination of terrorism.
According to the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the army chief reached Gwadar after visiting Talar and Turbat, and met the Baloch elders. He said he was fully confident that the nexus of terrorism, crime and corruption would be completely eliminated in 2016. “It will also be the year of national solidarity,” he said.
“We will be able to break the webs of curses like terrorism, crime and corruption with the support and backing of the entire nation whereby paving the way towards dispensation of justice and achieving lasting peace,” he added….

scott camillo says
“Terrorism will be eliminated in 2016,“ ya right!
particolor says
Another Fine TAKIYYA Speech !!
I especially liked the Corruption part ! 🙂
And National Solidarity ! 🙂
liz says
They even terrorize their own woman-95% of them!
Jay Boo says
He will need truck loads of Las Vegas bacon.
Voytek Gagalka says
Obviously, his concepts on what “terrorism, crime and corruption” are must be entirely different from our understanding of these terms. Otherwise he would not make such lucrative and rosy prognostics. Besides, I would not even dare to predict what he means by “dispensation of justice, and lasting peace.”
gravenimage says
Pakistan Army chief: terrorism will be eliminated in 2016
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Never mind that Pakistan itself is a major backer of Jihad terror–including the horrific attacks on Mumbai.
Matthieu Baudin says
Words a free, or at least in this case so cheap as to be worthless.
Peter says
One of the Pak Army’s values (see its website) is jihad fi sabil allah (jihad for the sake of Allah), so it is in fact a terrorist organization. Maybe it will self-destruct?
sidney penny says
Which means if you are a Christian or Hindu in Pakistan you cannot be in the Army.
gravenimage says
There are Hindus and Christians in the Pakistani military now–but they are oppressed, frequently abused and sometimes murdered outright.
Rev g says
Sounds like he expects the worldwide caliphate to be established this year.
The way the west reacts to Islamic terror makes it easy to see where he gets that idea.
Singh the Sikh says
Never trust a parkistani general. They are vile liars. They sheltered bin-laden. Billions given by US to Pakistan to fight terrorism went down a black hole. The terrorists Pakistan engendered have turned against it. Pakistanis are driven by a deep seated hatred for India, their reference point for everything. Pakistanis have renounced own Indian heritage and are trying to pass off as Arabs and Iranian, which is quite funny and disgusting at the same time and partly explains why they are so psychologically screwed up. Meanwhile, the Arabs laugh and mock at their adoption of Arab names and other pretentiousness. But that’s no deterant for the Pakistani Dogs seeking Arab affection. They are a shameful lot who measure their worth by how much their Arab overlord and masters accept them. No other ethnicity has renounced their ethnic origins like the Pakistanis – not the Iranians, Malays , or Indonesians, just Pakistanis, a conquered people dealing with a huge inferiority complex.
mortimer says
Agreeing with Singh. A very insightful analysis of Pak-psych: a monumental inferiority complex. Every Muslim Pakistani is descended from a raped Hindu woman.
Mike says
He might be right as many of the terrorists are already in the west or on their way thanks to our western leaders.
mortimer says
Raheel Sharif is a comic.
The source of jihad is the Sira, Koran, hadiths and commentaries of the Islamic consensus.
Pakistan is in the midst of a great civil war. Islam is destroying the country, dividing families. There will be mass destruction and mass murder before Pakistan shakes off this evil cult.
Godwin says
They will never be able to shake it off unless there is a nuke exchange with India.Then everything will in the RIP mode..
Undaunted says
No, it won’t be eliminated in 2016 or any time soon, if ever. San Bernardino was just another battle in a war we’ve yet to begin fighting seriously…
http://freemendo.typepad.com/undaunted/2016/01/told-you-so.html
the renegade says
Yes 2016 will be terror free if the Pakistani army eliminates itself. There guys are running terror nurseries for those long bearded scary dudes who only scare women and children and then come over to India to get slaughtered by the Indian army.
Enough said, US is good friends with these generals who do their dirty work and get a separate audience from US in Washington in the absence of a democratically elected Nawaz Sharif and US keeps supplying them with arms.
A murky game this, US is playing a very dangerous game of thrones with an enemy they keep denying that is Islam. They are doing this with the epicenter of Islam called Saudi Arabia as well.
Avesta says
Terrorism will be eliminated…….Once Saudi Wahhabia & Fakistan are no longer a part of the global community of the Nation-State System.
To label Pakis Vile is being somewhat diplomatic.
Charli Main says
“We will be able to break the webs of curses like terrorism, crime and corruption with the support and backing of the entire nation”
Looks like its going to be another bad year for the few surviving Christians, Hindus and Sikhs left in Pakistan.
Jeremiah says
After 2016 it will be full fledged war.
Sam says
Great. Please send more money to Pakistan. My tax dollars ofcourse.
sidney penny says
Pakistan,Saudi Arabia and Iran—–Axis of Evil
Bush only got one of three right.
Allies?Now all three are Allies after the deal done by Obama with Iran.
Biggest Loser is USA pouring money in to two face Pakistan with no return.The military in Pakistan is a business/industry.
sidney penny says
Pakistan Army chief: Islam will be eliminated in 2016.
Hinduism got eliminated a long time ago in Pakistan.
Next was Christianity,
Now Islam.
Bashy Quraishy says
Dear Robert
I can live with your Islamophobic mindset and anti-Pakistan hysteria but please do it with facts, correct information and logic, or may be it is too much to ask from a man who has spend life time in spreading lies and propaganda against Muslims and Islam because of his own political and religious stand point.
You call General Raheel Sharif as a; laughable fantasist. I just wish that before using such silly words for him, you should have done sone “real”on the man’s achievements in his short tenure. You could have asked your contacts in CIA and Mossad. Thye would have given you a real picture.
US senators meet Raheel Sharif, praise Pak Army’s achievements
Strategic knowledge and operational preparedness of soldiers as indispensable for making big gains in war against terrorism in South and North Wazirastan. Besides, under his command, law and order is restored in Karachi which had become a hub of militancy.
Army the most trustworthy institution in Pakistan, survey reveals
US NSA appreciates Pakistan Army’s role in war on terror
Pakistan Army wins gold in Exercise Cambrian Patrol held in UK
General Raheel Sharif decorated with Brazil’s ‘Order of Merit’
So, in future, do criticise Pakistan or Islam but do it to bring information and a change and not be “laughing stock” of the international community.
Kind regards
mortimer says
Raheel Sharif is a government employee reading his script. The Pak government is whistling past the graveyard if they think hyper-fanatical Pakistanis can be convince they are wrong about jihad! The ‘fact’ is that Pakistan is in a civil war. The Pak government set up Raheel Sharif for ridicule. I doubt he believes what he said. Raheel Sharif is in a war with the Taliban and Al Qaeda, as well as their supporters, and deceiving them is part of that war.
BlueRaven says
Are you by chance Raheel Sharif? Some of those medals are given for a PR exercise. Robert does not make stuff on the JW. He presents articles as they are. If you do not like anything on JW, you ought to talk to your co-religist fanatics who are doing harm to thousands of innocent bystanders every year. It is simply hot air blaming RS without producing any evidence about what he produced containing lies. Any clown can make statements like yours – ‘spreading lies’!
By the way, we have a freedom of speech, that means anyone can post their opinion without threats, as you just did. Opinion need to be based on facts otherwise you need to cope with all the abuse you are going to get thereafter. Fair game.
Come over here with facts otherwise it is a good idea to stay away and calm back in Rawalpidi or whatever the name of your city may be.
BlueRaven says
Just a thought, do you really think your General knows what he is blothering about? Nobody cares about his medals, because we know there will never be such things as “no terrorists; no corruption; no bad guys bla bla bla” in Pakistan. Pakistan is built on lies and deception. Pakistan has no resources needed to achieve what he promises, Pakistani culture is corrupt to the core; Pakistani school books contain text for kids about the art of hate; Pakistanies do not trust their neighbors; Pakistani generals are known to be pathological liars. Are these enough facts you for today? Can you dispute any?
If you think Pakistanies have a real plan they can implement and execute to get rid of terrorism etc in their country in 2016 to 2020, put your money where your mouth is? I am ready!
gravenimage says
Bashy Quraishy wrote:
Dear Robert
I can live with your Islamophobic mindset and anti-Pakistan hysteria but please do it with facts, correct information and logic, or may be it is too much to ask from a man who has spend life time in spreading lies and propaganda against Muslims and Islam because of his own political and religious stand point.
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“Bashy Quraishy” is–or is posing as–a notorious Muslim victim-monger who flogs the false idea that Muslims are oppressed in Denmark and the EU. He grew up in Pakistan, before receiving an education in and making Hijira to the civilized West.
Notice he does not actually address Jihad in the above. And why would he? Here he is, blaming violent Jihad on its Western victims:
“Bashy Quraishy: Terrorism in Denmark – is it the result of war mongering policies?”
http://www.migranttales.net/bashy-quraishy-terrorism-in-denmark-is-it-the-result-of-war-mongering-policies/
He claims Denmark is “hateful”–but apparently has no trouble with Muslim threats against the Danish MoToon artists. And why would he? Threatening those who dare question Islam’s violence is mainstream Islam.
More:
You call General Raheel Sharif as a; laughable fantasist. I just wish that before using such silly words for him, you should have done sone (sic) “real”on the man’s achievements in his short tenure…
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Pakistan *itself* is a backer of Jihad terror–just look at the Mumbai attacks. Sharif’s wiping out “terrorism” is only plausible if one does not consider Islamic savagery to be terrorism. This is, in fact, quite common among Muslims.
More:
…under his command, law and order is restored in Karachi which had become a hub of militancy…
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Pakistanis will–occasionally and sporadically–oppose Jihad when it becomes a direct threat to the government itself. This is hardly uncommon–one finds the same thing in places like Saudi Arabia. But no pious Muslim will consistently oppose violent Jihad. How could they? Jihad terror is a key part of Islam itself, and the primary path of its being spread.
And pointing out that the US and other Infidels nations have been fooled by Pakistan’s Taquiyya does *nothing* to bolster this absurd argument.
He is, in fact, hoping to use the foolish dhimmitude of others in order to whitewash Islam here. Try again, creep…
gravenimage says
Does Bashy Quraishy consider murdering Hindus to be terrorism?
“Muslim cleric: Allah has given Pakistanis the honor of killing Hindus”
http://www.jihadwatch.org/2016/01/muslim-cleric-allah-has-given-pakistanis-the-honor-of-killing-hindus
By the way, General Raheel Sharif–despite his laughable vow to ‘end terrorism’–has *himself* threatened India with Jihad terror in Kashmir.
Meretriciously, Bashy Quraishy claims that there was no violence against Hindus and other religious minorities in Pakistan until 9/11–never mind that Pakistan had been driving out and murdering them for *decades* at this point, ever since Pakistan’s establishment.
https://www.facebook.com/bashy.quraishy/posts/10152811867157075
Pakistan went from 25% Hindu in 1947 to *less than 2%* today. This didn’t all happen post 9/11.
خَليفة says
Just take the word”terrorism” out of the dictionary and ban its use by press and government persons and you have eliminated “terrorism”
Kinda sounds like what Obama did in USA when he eliminated “Islamic terrorists”
Stupid is as stupid does.
Gerard Brady says
The one about the three bears is good as well!
Momma Bear says
Their definition of terrorism is different than ours. They define terrorists as anyone who is a right wing Christian conservative.
BlueRaven says
Iraq had one, Pakistan is chock full with Comical Ali.
Liam1304 says
Perhaps he actually means the elimination of non-Muslim power, such as the USA – those powers that commit “terrorism” against Muslims?
keval says
Ironically, it comes from the chief of an army, the official motto of which is ‘JIhad-fi-sanilillah’. No kidding, see their website
https://www.pakistanarmy.gov.pk/AWPReview/TextContent.aspx?pId=17
Halaku says
Whew, BIG relief innit?
Evelyne Barthe says
He contracted the Obamathitis – just doesn’t make sense what so ever-
Angemon says
Islamabad Bob.