Soldiering basics: COAS attends combat games ceremony

COAS general visits Bahawalpur on conclusion of third Army Physical Agility and Combat Efficiency System Championship.

RAWALPINDI: Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Raheel Sharif visited Bahawalpur on the conclusion of third Army Physical Agility and Combat Efficiency System (PACES) Championship. Best teams from army participated in different events during the championship held from March 24-31. PACES is an initiative to improve the physical training regime within the army, said an ISPR press release on Monday. Display of Paralympic sports by war wounded soldiers, unarmed martial arts and phenomenal performances by the individuals who recently set new Guinness World Records were hallmark of the closing ceremony.

Published in The Express Tribune, April 1^st, 2014.