Terrorism has no religion, says COAS

QUETTA: Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa addressed two-week-long workshop aimed at creating understanding about critical national security issues, capacity building for timely decision making and enabling the participants to comprehend interplay of all elements of national power in the construct of ‘Comprehensive National Security’, says an ISPR press release.

Members of national and Balochistan provincial assemblies, media representatives and civil services officers attended the workshop. Highlighting internal and external challenges, COAS said that full spectrum of threat demands comprehensive national response and Army is fully engaged in enabling that response in coordination with other institutions of the state. COAS said that terrorism has no religion, sect or ethnicity. Pakistan has fought against this menace indiscriminately and shall root it out through whole of the nation approach.

Commander Southern Command Lieutenant General Asim Saleem Bajwa accompanied COAS. Earlier, Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa directed for continuation of efforts to maintain the success and improve it further.

He visited Corps Headquarters, Karachi and got briefing on security situation of the Sindh province. The COAS appreciated efforts of Pakistan Rangers (Sindh) and other law enforcement agencies for bringing back peace and security in Karachi reviving economic activity, an ISPR press release said.