CDF Munir stresses fact-based thinking among youth amid social media propaganda

• CDF interacts with Harvard Business School students: ISPR.
• Regional developments discussed during meeting: ISPR.
• Students lauds “openness, warmth of people of Pakistan”: ISPR.

Chief of Defence Forces (CDF) and Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Field Marshal Asim Munir has stressed the need for youth to adopt fact-based analysis to play a meaningful role in society, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said on Friday.

CDF Munir made the remarks during an interaction with a delegation of students from Harvard Business School during their visit to Pakistan, the military’s media wing said in a statement.

The delegation from Harvard Business School consisted of students from multiple countries, it added.

The interaction focused on the regional and global developments, Pakistan’s security outlook and its efforts to promote peace, stability and prosperity in the region and beyond.

“The COAS and CDF highlighted the importance of education, skill development, entrepreneurship and applying fact-based analytics amongst young people to contribute meaningfully in an increasingly volatile world, prone to social media and propaganda,” the ISPR said.

During the meeting, the students from Harvard Business School appreciated the “openness and warmth of the people of Pakistan” as well as the tremendous potential and opportunities that Pakistan possesses.

The army chief’s remarks come amid Pakistan’s renewed push for a lasting end to the war in the Middle East.

CDF Munir visited Tehran on August 24, where he called on Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian, Iranian supreme leader’s representative on the Supreme National Security Council Mohsen Rezaei, Parliament Speaker Bagher Ghalibaf, Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi and Interior Minister Eskandar Momeni.

Pakistan and Iran held discussions on reopening the Strait of Hormuz and bringing an “expedited termination” of the US-Iran conflict in the Middle East, the ISPR said on Tuesday.

Pakistan has emerged as a key mediator between Tehran and Washington in efforts to end the conflict that began with US and Israeli strikes on Iran on February 28.

Islamabad brokered a two-week ceasefire between the two sides on April 8, bringing six weeks of fighting to a temporary halt, and has since continued to relay messages between Washington and Tehran.