Chief of Army Staff (Coas) Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir Prescribed on 272. Corps Commanders’ Conference (CCC) in General Head Quarters on Tuesday and confirms Pakistan Army’s emergency preparedness to counteract threats across all domains.
The session began with Fateha for martyrs from recent attacks by Indian sponsored terrorist groups. The COAs paid tribute to the efforts of the armed forces in terrorist operations and flood relief in coordination with civil authorities.
The forum continuously underwent terrorist operations and warned against Nexus of terrorism and crime with political patronage, which undermines the security of the state. Participants also expressed concern about provocative statements about “new normal” by Indian leaders, promising that any aggression would be met with a “quick and decisive answer”.
In his statement, he recalls the 11 Pakistani army staff, including Colonel Junaid Junaid Arif and Major Tayyab Rahat, which was martyrated during a high-intensity intelligence-based operation (IBO) in the Orakzai District, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, late Tuesday night.
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The operation targeted terrorists from the India-backed Fitna Al-Khwarij group and involved an intense exchange of fire that neutralized 19 militants. Lieutenant Colonel Arif and Major Rahat, both residents of Rawalpindi, led their troops from the front and embraced martyrdom with nine other soldiers.
Commanders confirmed continued operations against Indian supported terrorist groups, including Fitna Al-Khawarij and Fitna Al-Hindustan, and welcomed the strategic mutual defense agreement with Saudi Arabia to improve common response functions.
The forum repeated Pakistan’s support for Kashmiri self-determination and the Palestinian case that approved a two-state solution based on borders before 1967 with Al Quds Al Sharif as the capital.
In its final remarks, COAs instructed the COAs to maintain the highest standards of operational emergency preparedness, discipline, fitness and innovation, which expressed full confidence in the army’s ability to counter conventional, hybrid and asymmetric threats.
