General Raheel Sharif (C) chairs the 167th Corps Commander Conference in Rawalpindi on Friday. PHOTO: ISPR
According to a release from the Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR), Gen Sharif chaired the 167th Corps Commander Conference.
The conference is part of routine monthly meetings but the 167th meeting comes just over a week after the 166th meeting which was chaired by the outgoing army chief General Ashfaq Pervez Kayani.
According to the ISPR, Friday’s meeting dwelt on various professional matters of the army.
The commanders also under took a comprehensive review of prevalent internal and external security situation of the country.
The meeting comes a day after Gen Raheel Sharif visited field formations deployed in FATA on Thursday, in his first visit to North and South Waziristan Agencies after taking over command of the Pakistan army in late November.
While interacting with officers and men at Miranshah and Wana, Gen Sharif had expressed satisfaction and appreciated the state of combat readiness and high morale of troops. He also lauded their achievements towards bringing stability in these areas through development projects being under taken by army at very high pace. These development projects are likely to contribute in the National effort for durable peace and economic prosperity in the areas affected by terrorism.
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What's the significance of the sequence number...167th meeting - since when?
Why all Corps Commander have hands clenched together in formation. Is new COAS controls everything?
Please secure Pak-Afghan boarder on self help basis in the interest of Pakistan do not bother what is its international connotation-they are keep it as it is for our troubles.Just pile up mountain stones and make walls
For my new COAS-Sincerity come through purity of soil, everything will strengthened and now is the time to clear those who nurtured back in 35 years under Gen Zia onwards in army.Nothing would succeed without honoring ground reality and coordinating intelligence efforts by posting specially quality manpower in counter intelligence setups.Army has to come back to old motto "Unity,Faith & Discipline also badly needed changes in promotion criteria.Topper in courses mostly lacks command,control and decision power.