Army doing its best to train LEAs to fight terrorism: army chief

Pakistan has resolved to cleanse it from all kinds of terrorism, he adds

RAWALPINDI: Army chief General Raheel Sharif on Monday reaffirmed the military’s resolve in eliminating terrorism from the country.

According to DG ISPR Major-General Asim Bajwa, the chief of army staff (COAS) said that the Pakistan Army was doing its best to train all Law Enforcement Agencies (LEAs) in Pakistan to fight terrorists.

He was speaking at the newly established Counter Terrorism Training Centre at Pabbi Hills, as the first batch of 500 LEAs completed their training under the supervision of  the army.

#COAS at newly established National Ctr Terrorism Trg Centre Pabbi Hills:1st batch of mixed LEAs trained by Army-1/6 pic.twitter.com/nURCfYlvIh

— Gen(R) Asim Saleem Bajwa (@AsimBajwaISPR) March 18, 2015

The batch included 200 police commandos, 200 men from Rangers, FC, Strategic Plans Division (SPD), Anti-Narcotics Force and 100 men from PAF and Pakistan Navy.

Senior military and police officers along with home secretaries of the four provinces were present at the occasion.

“While we train [our men] to fight terrorists, coordination and intelligence mechanisms is a must to preempt cooperation by masses in indicating suspects," remarked General Raheel.

“Let’s join hands, operation must continue fearlessly,” he added.

#COAS:Batch of 500 completes anti terror trg.200 police,elite from provinces,200 FC/Rangers,SPD,ANF,100 ex PAF,PN-2/6 pic.twitter.com/NrpQmMRU6M

— Gen(R) Asim Saleem Bajwa (@AsimBajwaISPR) March 18, 2015

Snr mil,police Ldrship,home secys provinces present.#COAS impressed.Such Trg to rid Pak of terrorism-3/6 pic.twitter.com/B4IZPCs2fz

— Gen(R) Asim Saleem Bajwa (@AsimBajwaISPR) March 18, 2015

#COAS:Army doing its best to train all LEAs,build their capacity to to chase terrorists out of their hideouts wether urban or remote lands-4

— Gen(R) Asim Saleem Bajwa (@AsimBajwaISPR) March 18, 2015

#COAS:While we train to fight terrorist,coord intel mech must to pre-empt http://t.co/Syty0EH49d by masses in indicating suspects critical-5

— Gen(R) Asim Saleem Bajwa (@AsimBajwaISPR) March 18, 2015

#COAS:We have resolved to cleanse Pak from all kinds of terrorism.Lets join hands,Ops must continue fearlessly-6 pic.twitter.com/UzRBRhBxOu

— Gen(R) Asim Saleem Bajwa (@AsimBajwaISPR) March 18, 2015