Army chief General Raheel Sharif.
PHOTO: AFP
RAWALPINDI: Chief of Army Staff General Raheel Sharif has emphasised the need to concentrate on combatting terrorism by implementing the National Action Plan against terrorism in its true letter and spirit for visible results.
According to DG ISPR Major-General Asim Bajwa, the army chief presided over the 181st Corps Commander’s Conference at the General Headquarters on Friday.
#COAS emphasised need to concentrate on combating extremism 4m society by re-energising NAP in true letter&spirit for discernible results4/5
— Gen(R) Asim Saleem Bajwa (@AsimBajwaISPR) April 10, 2015
He said intelligence based operations (IBOs) must be intensified to unearth terrorist hideouts, apprehend them and their abettors from urban centres.
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#CCC:#COAS;IBOs must be further intensified to unearth terrorist sleeper cells,apprehend terrorists,their abettors from urban centres-3/5
— Gen(R) Asim Saleem Bajwa (@AsimBajwaISPR) April 10, 2015
The army chief directed commanders to maintain focus on ending terrorism in the country, and expressed satisfaction over the progress of the continuing military offensive in the tribal belt, Operation Zarb-e-Azb.
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Corps ComdConf:#COAS expressed complete satisfaction over progress,specially major gains recently made in ongoing Op Z-e-A in Khy Agency-1/5
— Gen(R) Asim Saleem Bajwa (@AsimBajwaISPR) April 10, 2015
CCC:#COAS directed Comds to maintain focus on achieving end objective of total elimination of terrorism from across country-2/5
— Gen(R) Asim Saleem Bajwa (@AsimBajwaISPR) April 10, 2015
Regarding the situation in Yemen, the meeting said continuation of the conflict would have serious implications for regional security.
Forum deliberated gravity of situation in Yemen/ME,stressed that continuation f conflict wil hve serious implications 4 regional security5/5
— Gen(R) Asim Saleem Bajwa (@AsimBajwaISPR) April 10, 2015
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