RAWALPINDI, Pakistan: The Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Raheel Sharif said on Tuesday that the Pakistan Army is fully prepared to deter and defeat any form of aggression across the entire spectrum of threat, the Inter Service Public Relations (ISPR) said.
The army chief made these remarks during his visit to Kharian for earth breaking ceremony of upcoming National Counter Terrorism Centre (NCTC) on Tuesday, according to the ISPR.
The COAS said that with its unique accomplishment of confronting both conventional and sub-conventional threat, the Pakistan Army is respected for its achievements and sacrifices the world over.
General Raheel said that NCTC will be a state of the art facility with large capacity to impart quality training to troops for combating terrorism, in all kinds of terrain.
The army chief said that since they will have to fight this menace of terror together with other law enforcement agencies across the nook and corner of the country, the army will do its part to train para military force, police, constabulary and levies also at this facility.
The NCTC Pabbi will not only play an important role for training of own troops, it will cater for the growing demand of training requests from other friendly armies also.
Later, the army chief visited the troops under going counter terrorism training exercises, and appreciated the standards achieved. He also paid glowing tributes to the troops participating in ongoing operation Zarb-e-Azb for successes achieved so far.
