Corps Commanders count dividends of improved security situation
COAS says we will stay the course: Commanders express hope for peaceful, stable Afghanistan: Satisfied over countering hostile agencies’ designs
February 9, 2021 06:48 PM
The 239th Corps Commanders’ Conference was held at General Headquarters on Tuesday which was chaired by Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa, reported 24NewsHD TV channel.
According to a statement issued by the ISPR Director General, the participants undertook a comprehensive review of the regional and domestic security environment with special focus on situation along the borders, internal security and other professional matters of the Army.
In the backdrop of Kashmir Solidarity Day, the forum positively noted the increasing realisation at the international forums about the worsening humanitarian and security crises in IIOJ&K.
The forum reaffirmed Pakistan's unwavering support to resilient Kashmiri people for their just struggle for the right to self-determination in accordance with the relevant UNSC resolutions.
Dilating upon Afghan Peace Process, the participants expressed hope for peaceful and stable Afghanistan for regional peace and stability.
The commanders noted that the enormity of the security challenges warrants a holistic national response, keeping national interest above everything else.
The participants underscored the need to ensure continuous operational preparedness to thwart any possible misadventure from the adversary.
The forum also deliberated upon the improved security situation in erstwhile FATA/Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in detail and concluded that the requirement for early implementation of reforms in newly merged tribal districts especially towards enabling the LEAs’ apparatus to achieve sustainable peace in the area.
The forum also expressed complete satisfaction over countering hostile intelligence agencies’ designs to disrupt peace and progress particularly in Balochistan and Gilgit Baltistan which lay exposed to the entire world thus vindicating Pakistan’s stance on role of hostile agencies in training and funding of terrorists.
Dividends of improved security situation including return of international cricket in the country is a result of numerous sacrifices rendered and challenges overcome to eliminate extremism and terrorism from Pakistan. “We will stay the course InshaAllah,” the COAS concluded.