Chief of Army Staff General Ashfaq Kayani. PHOTO: AFP
The chiefs of the country’s armed forces met on Tuesday to discuss internal and external security challenges facing the nation and reiterated their resolve to safeguard the territorial integrity of Pakistan.
The Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee (JCSC) meeting, held at the Joint Staff Headquarters in Rawalpindi, comes on the heel of the All Parties Conference held on Monday, where political leadership agreed to initiate peace talks with militants.
Chaired by the Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee General Khalid Shameem Wynne and attended by Chief of Army Staff General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, Chief of Naval Staff Admiral Mohammad Asif Sandila and Chief of Air Staff Air Chief Marshal Tahir Rafique Butt, the meeting discussed operational readiness of the three services and assessed challenges facing the country.
JCSC is a platform to discuss and exchange opinions of all services chiefs on the operational preparedness of the armed forces. Being a quarterly moot of senior military leadership, the meeting focuses on issues related to national security and challenges being faced by the country, said a statement issued by the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR).
“The emerging geo-strategic environment, internal security, and matters related to tri-service operational readiness were discussed at length,” it added. The meeting also discussed threadbare the operational situation on the borders and expressed in unequivocal terms, that territorial integrity of the country will be safeguarded at all cost.
Published in The Express Tribune, September 11th, 2013.
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These are great steps towards eradicating the menace of terrorists from a country plagued by terrorism. We fully support the efforts of the Pakistani Security forces and applaud the conviction of Pakistan’s Armed Forces to increase efforts in combating these foreign terrorists that have taken the country hostage. Al-Qaeda terrorists have caused so much harm and damaged the lives of so many Muslims and non-Muslims around the world through their exporting of hatred and violence. They might hide behind the false curtain of calling themselves Muslims but actions speak louder than words and their actions in Pakistan and across the world have shown the world what they truly are.
Haroon Ahmad DET – U.S. Central Command