Prime Minister (PM) Shehbaz Sharif on June 25 ruled out any large-scale military operation under the Operation Azm-e-Istehkam, said that ongoing Intelligence-Based Operations (IBOs) will be intensified, reports ARY News. Speaking at the Federal Cabinet meeting called on to take the members into confidence about the prevailing ‘misunderstanding and speculations’ about the Operation Azm-e-Istehkam, the PM said that instead of any large-scale operation, the already ongoing intelligence-based kinetic operations would be energised. PM Shehbaz said that the Operation Azm-e-Istehkam is a multi-domain and whole-of-system national vision aimed at decisively rooting out the nebulous and shadowy presence of remnants of terrorists, and violent extremism. “A large-scale armed operation would require displacement and the initiation of such an operation under Vision Azm-i-Istehkam is merely a misunderstanding”, he added.