Pakistan’s future can only be secured through educated youth, says army chief

General Raheel Sharif inaugurates newly constructed building of Cadet College Spinkai in South Waziristan

Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Raheel Sharif has said that the future of Pakistan can only be secured through an educated and passionate youth.

"It is imperative for us to raise the youth's potential to the optimal level such that they could measure up to the challenges of today and tomorrow,” the military's media wing, Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) quoted the army chief as saying on Thursday.

Cadet College Spinkai,SWA inaugurated.To propel local youth into professional life-Tribals donated land,Army built.Together we bring peace pic.twitter.com/z1ygi4LSES

— Gen(R) Asim Saleem Bajwa (@AsimBajwaISPR) October 20, 2016

Gen Raheel made the statements while inaugurating a newly constructed building of Cadet College Spinkai in South Waziristan.

According to the ISPR, the college is one of the many institutions being built in the remote areas of FATA ‘to hone our bright children’.



Addressing the local tribesmen, the COAS paid tributes to the troops and valiant tribes for successfully fighting against terrorists. He said the international community acknowledged Pakistan’s contribution it the fight against terror.

Gen Raheel thanked the tribesmen for donating land to build the college, and expressed gratitude to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) for financing the project.