The Ministry of Defence has said that it does not recognise or endorse the activities of what it calls “certain associations of persons masquerading as or claiming to be ex-servicemen societies including Pakistan Ex-Servicemen Society and Veterans of Pakistan soliciting support and funds for charitable purposes, flood relief, public works or propagation of unwarranted ideas”.
“The same are neither recognised nor authorised, on behalf of the Armed Forces of Pakistan, to indulge in such activities, as so-called ex-servicemen societies, illegally claiming association with the Armed Forces of Pakistan or the instrumentalities thereof,” a statement issued by the Ministry of Defence said on Friday.
It said the Ministry of Defence had already framed comprehensive policy/ guidelines for functioning/operation of ex-servicemen societies.
