Monday, September 15, 2008

General Kayani vows to defend homeland
RAWALPINDI: Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani has said that it was the manifestation of Pakistan Armys resolve that no odds could deter it from pursuing its obligations towards national defence.
He made these remarks during his visit to forward posts on the Line of Actual Contact and Line of Control in the Northern Areas.
He was accompanied by Lieutenant General Mohsin Kamal, Corps Commander.
Chief of Army Staff met troops at various locations deployed at the world's highest battlefield of Siachen and surrounding areas on the Line of Actual Contact.
He paid tributes to troops who were facing rigors of terrain and inhospitable weather in safeguarding the frontiers of the country. Chief of Army Staff lauded the high state of morale of troops.
Talking informally to troops, General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani said that the nation held them in high steem.

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