Fully capable to counter perpetual threat from East: COAS
Staff Report
Friday - February 24, 2017
(Photos Courtesy: ISPR)
RAWALPINDI: Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa visited Siachin on Thursday, laid floral wreath at Yadgar-e-Shuhada of Gyari and held that despite facing internal security challenges, we are fully prepared for effective response to perpetual threat from the East.
According to an Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) statement, COAS General Qamar said that we owe our independence to sacrifices of our martyrs.
Nothing is nobler than laying one’s life in defence of the motherland.
While talking to troops at Goma and Gilgit, COAS General Qamar said that we all are proud to be soldiers of Pakistan and defending it irrespective of terrain or weather difficulties.
Later, COAS interacted with notables of Gilgit-Baltistan (GB). COAS General Qamar assured them that Army is extending full support to all initiatives aimed at ensuring the rights of GB as part of the federation.
Earlier, on arrival at Skardu, COAS General Qamar was received by Rawalpindi Corps Commander Lieutenant General Nadeem Raza.
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