RAWALPINDI: The top military leadership of Pakistan Tuesday discussed the operational situation at the borders and vowed that the territorial integrity of the country would be safeguarded at all costs.
According to a statement issued by Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa chaired the Corps Commanders Conference (CCC) where issues pertaining to geostrategic, regional, and national security environment were discussed.
ISPR further said the forum headed by COAS Qamar Javed Bajwa undertook a comprehensive review of the recent surge in terrorist incidents in the country particularly in Tribal Districts and Balochistan.
The corps commander conference while paying a glowing tribute to all civil and military martyrs for their ultimate sacrifice concluded that geographical and ideological frontiers of the country would be defended at all costs.
“We have paid a very heavy price to achieve this peace and stability and any attempt to destabilize the country will be responded firmly”, said the COAS Qamar Javed Bajwa.
On 16 October, 14 security personnel, including seven Frontier Corps (FC) personnel, were martyred in a terrorist attack in Balochistan’s Gwadar district.
In another attack on the same day, Six Pakistan Army personnel including Captain Umar Farooq embraced martyrdom in an improvised explosive device (IED) attack in the Razmak subdivision of the North Waziristan district of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.
CCC presided by #COAS held @ GHQ. Geo strat, regional & national security environment discussed. Forum undertook comprehensive review of recent surge in terrorist incidents in country particularly in Tribal Distts & Bln. Paying glowing tribute 2 all civil & military Shuhada (1/2) pic.twitter.com/bYx8UfGprH
— DG ISPR (@OfficialDGISPR) October 20, 2020
