ISLAMABAD: Outgoing Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee (CJCSC) General Rashad Mahmood has said that the armed forces are fully geared up to address national security challenges. He was addressing the participants of a special ceremony at the Joint Staff Headquarters, Chaklala, on Friday as the armed forces bid him farewell upon his retirement today (Saturday) after 41 years of commissioned service. Speaking on the occasion, he expressed feelings of his association with the uniform by saying, “I am very proud to be part of Pakistan armed forces and am convinced that the forces are geared up to address Pakistan’s national security challenges.” He lauded the high spirit of the armed forces evolved over a period of time to meet the contemporary challenges.