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On Friday, the Ministry of Defence stated that ex-organizations servicemen’s are “illegally claiming relationship with the armed services” and distanced itself from them.
According to a statement from the ministry’s Office of Assistant Director , “This office does not recognise or endorse the activities of certain associations of persons masquerading as (or claiming to be) ex-servicemen societies, i.e., Pakistan Ex-Servicemen Society (PESS) and Veterans of Pakistan (VoP), soliciting support and funds for charitable purposes, flood relief, public works, or the propagation of unwarranted ideas.”
The organisations are “neither recognised nor authorised, on behalf of the military forces, to engage in such actions,” it was further underlined. Ex-servicemen organisations are “illegally claiming association with the armed forces or the instrumentalities,” it was further stated.
