Director General Inter-Services Public Relations Lt Gen Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry said at a press conference in Rawalpindi on October 1, 2026 that the Pakistan Army has nothing to do with politics and would not answer questions about political matters.
Dawn reported that the remarks came in response to a question about the PTI's planned October 4 march toward Islamabad. Chaudhry said politics was the domain of political parties and that governments were formed by politicians, while questions concerning provincial or political matters should be addressed by the federal government and political parties.
Margalla News cross-checked the statement against multiple Pakistani media reports. The article records the DG ISPR's stated institutional position; it does not present the broader question of the military's political role as an independently established conclusion.