Pakistan Army is the best army: General Raheel

Army chief attends military drills in Cholistan desert

In a rare admission, Army chief General Raheel Sharif on Friday said Pakistan Army is the best army in the world.

"With our current achievements in the ongoing war on terror and standard of conventional war, ours is the best army," General Raheel said, according to DG ISPR Lt Gen Asim Bajwa.

With our current achievements in ongoing war on terror&standard of conventional war trg,ours is the best army-3 pic.twitter.com/WjqJW6Wq4r

— Gen(R) Asim Saleem Bajwa (@AsimBajwaISPR) February 26, 2016

The army chief said Pakistan should remain ready for a full spectrum of threat. “We have to remain ready for full spectrum of threat-morale of troops sky high, combat fitness commended,” the head of the military’s media wing said on Twitter while quoting the army chief.

#COAS said,we have to remain ready for full spectrum of threat-morale of troops sky high,Combat fitness commended-2 pic.twitter.com/rOJCOuDvC3

— Gen(R) Asim Saleem Bajwa (@AsimBajwaISPR) February 26, 2016

The army chief's statements came as he monitored an exercise of the Pakistan Army’s Bahawalpur & Multan Corps which ended Friday morning in Cholistan desert.

Bwpr Corps Exercise ended this mrng in desert.COAS moved to trg area of Multan Corps.Large scale offensive&defensive manoeuvre underway-1

— Gen(R) Asim Saleem Bajwa (@AsimBajwaISPR) February 26, 2016

Earlier, the army chief had an Ariel view of the offensive manoeuvres during the military drills onbaord a combat attack helicopter.

#COAS going for an aerial view of offensive manoeuvres onboard a combat Attack helicopter pic.twitter.com/495OyBPLx1

— Gen(R) Asim Saleem Bajwa (@AsimBajwaISPR) February 26, 2016