RAWALPINDI: Chief of Army Staff (COAS), General Qamar Javed Bajwa, visited elite Strike Corps at Multan Garrison on Monday. He laid floral wreath at Yadgar-e-Shuhada and offered Fateha for the martyrs. Corps Commander briefed the COAS on operational preparations and administration of troops. Later, COAS addressed soldiers and officers of the garrison.
COAS appreciated troops’ participation from Multan Corps in ongoing counter-terrorism operations in Federally Administered Tribal Area (FATA) and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), said latest statement by Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR).
COAS especially praised them for concurrently keeping themselves fully trained and prepared to thwart challenges of conventional war. He said that soldiers of Pakistan Army are the best in the world. Army is what its soldiers are. “I am proud to be COAS of a brave and highly professional army,” COAS said.
Our experience of counter-terrorism operations has made us battle hardened which is valued add-on in operational preparedness. He directed officers and soldiers to keep themselves fully train and abreast to defeat all types of threats. Soldiers freely interacted with the Army Chief and expressed their pride and eagerness to selflessly serve the country and the nation.
Earlier, on arrival at Multan, the Army Chief was received by Lieutenant General Sarfraz Sattar, Commander Multan Corps.
