RAWALPINDI, Pakistan: The Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Raheel Sharif has said that Pakistan armed forces will defend each and every inch of their beloved country, no matter what the cost.
“Let there be no doubt that our valiant armed forces have the capability to counter complete threat spectrum,” the COAS said while speaking to officers and men at the National Counter Terrorism Centre (NCTC) located near Kharian where he visited on Friday.
“Insha Allah with the backing of entire nation we will defend each and every inch of our beloved country, no matter what the cost,” he said.
During his visit to the NCTC, the COAS inaugurated state of the art features to upgrade its infrastructure to accommodate foreign armies and our own law enforcement agencies (LEAs’) growing demand for training with Pakistan army.
The addition of new facilities have turned NCTC as the best counter terrorism training facility amongst the contemporary armies, said the Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) in a press release.
The COAS was briefed by Commander of the strike Corps Lt General Umar Farooq Durrani about various aspects of NCTC and apprised the COAS that so far 231000 troops of armed forces and 3483 officers and men of Police and Civil Armed Forces have been trained at NCTC.
Lt General Umar Farooq Durrani said that besides imparting anti terrorists training at the centre, five Joint exercises have also been conducted at NCTC with friendly countries which include China, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Sri Lanka, Maldives and Turkey. The Defence Attache of various countries were also present at the occasions.
On the occasion, the COAS appreciated all those responsible for imparting training at NCTC with a focused approach in enhancing capacity building of LEAs through quality training making best use of this fully equipped facility.
General Raheel Sharif said that Pakistan has been victim of terrorism for over a decade and sacrificed a lot but we have turned the tide against terrorism primarily due to resilience displayed by the whole Nation and professionalism of our security forces.
