Pakistan's powerful military has warned politicians against making "irresponsible" statements against it, saying such remarks were "detrimental" to the country's stability.
The terse statement by the military came after former Punjab minister and a senior Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz leader Rana Mashhood claimed that the party has struck a "deal" with the "establishment" under which it will form the Punjab provincial government within a few months in the politically crucial state.
Reacting to Mashhood's statement, the military spokesman Major General Asif Ghafoor described it as "baseless and regrettable".
The Director General of Inter Services Public Relations, took to Twitter on Tuesday night, saying "Attribution of an obvious vested statement by Rana Mashhood is baseless and regrettable. Such irresponsible expressions are detrimental to stability in the country."
When asked about Nawaz and former premier Shahid Khaqan Abbasi's statements pertaining to tensions between the civilian government and the military, Mashhood said: "Things have greatly improved as they [the establishment] have realised that they are banking on wrong people."
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