Daily Times

Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa Wednesday said Pakistan is a peace loving country and looks forward to peace within and peace without.

“Pakistan is a peace loving country and looks forward to peace within and peace without in line with the vision of father of the nation,” the army chief said while interacting with officers and troops during his visit to formations of Bahawalpur Corps during their winter collective training.

“A well-equipped, well trained and professionally competent army deters war and guarantees peace,” the army chief said, according to a statement issued by the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR). “Pakistan Army is one such force which has become battle hardened through its combat experience against terrorism,” he remarked.

The army chief witnessed manoeuvre of mechanised formation as part of Defensive Corps’ operations against conventional threat. Later he visited position of an infantry formation in Fort Abbas Sector along Eastern Border.

The COAS expressed his satisfaction on high standards of training and operational preparedness and appreciated high morale of the troops.

Commander Bahawalpur Corps and inspector general training and evaluation accompanied the army chief.

Published in Daily Times, January 10^th 2019.