RAWALPINDI: Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa Thursday that despite facing internal security challenges, Pakistan Army was fully prepared for effective response to perpetual threat from the eastern border.
The COAS visited Siachen and laid wreath at Yadgar-e-Shuhada of Gyari. He said, "We owe our independence to sacrifices of our Shuhada,” Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) press release said here.
"**thing is **bler than laying one's life in defence of the motherland," he said. While talking to troops at Goma and Gilgit, the COAS said, “We all were proud to be soldiers of Pakistan and were defending it irrespective of terrain or weather difficulties.”
Later, the COAS interacted with **tables of Gilgit-Baltistan and assured them that the Army was extending full support to all initiatives aimed at ensuring the rights of GB as part of the federation. Earlier, on arrival at Skardu, the COAS was received by Commander Rawalpindi Corps Lieutenant General Nadeem Raza.
02-24-2017, 06:56 PM
Threats from eastern border to be effectively responded, says Gen Bajwa
COAS visits Siachen, meets soldiers
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