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Army is a state institution meant to serve nation, says Gen. Bajwa

Army shall continue to perform its role while national security and development remains a national obligation for all state institutions

By Web Desk
December 07, 2017

RAWALPINDI: Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa has said that Army is a state institution meant to serve the nation.

According to Inter Services Public Relations, the military’s media wing, the Army Chief was addressing a seminar on “Human Resource Development for Youth of Balochistan—Opportunities and Challenges held in Quetta Thursday.

General Bajwa said, “Army shall continue to perform its role while national security and development remains a national obligation for all state institutions.”

The Army Chief said that he believes in democracy and even more so in the democratic values of selfless services and supremacy of moral authority. All of us have a duty to the nation.

The COAS mentioned that presently over 25,000 Baloch students are receiving quality education at various Army and FC-run schools/cadet colleges all over Pakistan. Nearly 20,000 sons of Balochistan are serving in Army including over 600 as officers while 232 cadets are undergoing training at PMA, Kakul.