Pakistani military Tuesday disagreed with remarks by a top US general in Afghanistan that Islamabad is planning to launch an operation against militants in its North Waziristan tribal region.

"We decide for ourselves what needs to be done and when and where," a spokesman of the armed forces' Inter-Services Public Relations said in a statement while commenting on the impression created by the remarks from commander of the coalition forces in Afghanistan, Lt. General David Barno.

Barno was in Islamabad Monday to discuss with Afghan and Pakistani sides how to cooperate closely in the fight against terrorism. He briefed a group of selected reporters on the meeting and disclosed the US forces prepare to undertake a spring offensive in Afghanistan while the Pakistani military will launch an operation in North Waziristan bordering Afghanistan.

It was reported that Barno told reporters that "We collectively feel that there is a need to undertake an operation in North Waziristan. That's an area where I think the Pakistani military is about to undertake a military operation to keep pressure on terrorist networks."

The spokesman said that during the meeting of the US-Pakistan- Afghanistan tripartite commission held Monday, attention of coalition members was however drawn towards the increase in incidents of miscreants movement from Afghanistan to the Pakistani side of the border.

"And they were asked to address the issue and check the movement of miscreants from Afghanistan to Pakistan," the spokesman said.