Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa addressed participants of National Security and War Course at National Defence University Islamabad.
Highlighting internal and external challenges to national security, the COAS said that the full spectrum of threat demanded comprehensive national response and army was fully engaged in enabling that response in coordination with other institutions of the state.
The COAS said that terrorism has no religion, sect or ethnicity. Pakistan has fought against this menace indiscriminately and shall root it out through ongoing operation Radd-ul-Fasaad. He said that terrorism could not be defeated by closing eyes from one’s own responsibilities and resorting to throwing blames outside as being done by few players in the region.
He said that Pakistan Army was committed to defence and security of the country and would continue to perform with the support of the people of Pakistan. Earlier, on arrival at NDU, the COAS was received by NDU President Lt-Gen Rizwan Akhtar.
Meanwhile, 10-Corps Commander Lt-Gen Nadeem Raza visited troops deployed along LoC in Iftikharabad Sector. He reviewed the operational preparedness and expressed his satisfaction on operational readiness and vigilance exercised by forward troops. He expressed his concern over continuous ceasefire violations by Indian troops targeting innocent civil population residing close to LoC. While appreciating the indomitable spirit, he lauded the high morale of deployed troops and unflinching resolve o the civil population of the area and urged for a befitting response to Indian ceasefire violations.