Army chief praises operational preparedness of forces on Working Boundary

General Raheel Sharif visits Pakistan Rangers' Punjab headquarters in Lahore

Army chief appreciated on Friday the high state of morale, operational preparedness and vigil being maintained by troops along the Working Boundary and international border.

General Raheel Sharif made these remarks while talking to officers and soldiers of Punjab Rangers during a visit to their headquarters in Lahore, said military's media wing Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR).

The army chief was given a detailed briefing by DG Rangers Maj Gen Umar Farooq Burki about the operational preparedness of the paramilitary force.

Gen Raheel also laid floral wreath at Shuhada Memorial to pay homage to martyrs who rendered sacrifices for the defence of motherland.



On arrival, the army chief was received by Commander Lahore Corps Lieutenant Gen Sadiq Ali.

Earlier on Thursday, Gen Raheel said any aggression from the enemy would not go unpunished as the nation’s armed forces were prepared to respond to an entire spectrum of threats.

Pakistan and India have been involved in a tense situation on the Line of Control with the former saying it had been responding befittingly to the unprovoked aggression. On September 29, Indian military said it carried out ‘surgical strikes’ across the LoC, a claim Pakistan denied and said that two of its soldiers had been killed as the former opened fir on the border.



On September 18, 18 Indian troops were killed in an attack on a military base in Uri of disputed Kashmir, heightening tensions between the two arch-rival nations.

Tension was already rising between the nuclear armed countries since the July 8 killing of Kashmiri commander Burhan Wani, leading to deaths of over 100 protesters at the hands of Indian forces.