Chief of Army Staff General Syed Asim Munir has said that there are attempts to create an atmospher of panic, despair and chaos on social media and that fake news was being used to promote the impression that the state is in decline.

However, he warned that all types of mafias would be eliminated in the country.

The army chief made the remarks in a speech to the National Farmers Convention on Friday.

Gen Munir said that the formation of Pakistan was not accidental, instead it was established in the name of the Almighty. The only states founded in the name of Islam were Pakistan and Madinah, he added.

The COAS said that farming was the profession of the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) and it involves discipline, growth and patience.

He went on to say that Pakistan has been blessed with immense natural resources and has been progressing rapidly in the 1960s. However, it got off track as it forgot Quaid-e-Azam’s message of unity, faith and discipline.

General Munir said that the Green Pakistan Initiative has been launched to accelerate agricultural growth in the country. He added that the army would ‘serve’ the people and farmers of the country in this aspect.

He said that agriculture malls, cold storage facilities, easy loans, climate-change-resistant seeds and genetically engineered livestock will be made available to farmers as part of the initiative.