Will take Operation Zarb-e-Azb to its logical conclusion: Gen Raheel

Army chief visits wounded army officers at Peshawar CMH

LAHORE: Chief of Army Staff General Raheel Sharif reaffirmed on Sunday the determination of the army to take Operation Zarb-e-Azb to its logical conclusion.

During a meeting held at the Core Headquarters in Peshawar, the army chief said the terrorists who are squeezed in isolated pockets would be targeted with precision, according to Director General Inter Services Public Relations Major General Asim Bajwa.

#COAS reaffirmed Army determination to take ops to logical concl.Ts squeezed in isolated pkts be targeted with precision 4 elimination-2/4

— Gen(R) Asim Saleem Bajwa (@AsimBajwaISPR) March 22, 2015

General Raheel Sharif said the army would continue to fight against terrorists from urban and remote areas at all costs to bring peace & prosperity in the country.

#COAS:Reiterated will continue to clear all these Ts from urban centres,remote areas at all costs to bring peace & prosperity to our cty-3/4

— Gen(R) Asim Saleem Bajwa (@AsimBajwaISPR) March 22, 2015

The army chief was briefed on the security situation in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Operation Zarb-e-Azb and other ongoing operations being carried out in Khyber Agency.

#COAS in Psr.Briefed on security in KP/FATA,Ops ZarbeAzb,spec ongoing ops in Khyber Agency.Making steady progress-1/4 pic.twitter.com/r9aNoKgR84

— Gen(R) Asim Saleem Bajwa (@AsimBajwaISPR) March 22, 2015

General Raheel also visited Combined Military Hospital in Peshawar and met wounded army personnel. He said that their resolve and indomitable spirit is highly reassuring and is an asset for the army and nation.

#COAS:visited CMH Psr,met wounded.Said,their resolve&indomitable spirit highly reassuring,asset for our Army&Nation-4 pic.twitter.com/aic803KhGY

— Gen(R) Asim Saleem Bajwa (@AsimBajwaISPR) March 22, 2015