Gen Qamar directs all military commanders to step up relief operations amid virus crisis

Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa on Tuesday said that every citizen of the country was important as the nation was striving to contain the coronavirus pandemic.

Presiding over the 231st Corps Commanders’ Conference, the COAS said, “Being a nation with vibrant youth and resilient people ready to share and sacrifice, we will emerge stronger from this challenge, by the will of God.”

The corps commanders participated through video link from their respective headquarters, an Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) press release said.

Appreciating the troops in the field for efforts so far, the COAS directed all commanders to extend maximum assistance in moving critical resources and reaching out to mitigate suffering of people in far flung areas, including Gilgit-Baltistan (GB), Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK), interior Sindh and Balochistan.

The forum reviewed geo-strategic, regional and national security environment with particular emphasis on latest situation arising from COVID-19.

The forum undertook comprehensive review of deployment of Pakistan Army troops assisting civil administration in aid of civil power across the country. It was also apprised on the functioning of National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) established to synergise and articulate national effort for containment of COVID-19.

The forum paid tribute to those on the frontline, including doctors, paramedics, healthcare workers and LEAs for braving this pandemic under challenging environment.

It also paid tribute to the Kashmiri people who are fighting the pandemic under Indian atrocities and struggling for their just cause of self-determination.“

The military’s top brass were apprised on functioning of the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) “established to synergise and articulate national effort for containment of COVID-19”.

The forum also paid tribute to those on frontline including doctors, paramedics, health care workers and law enforcement agencies (LEAs) for braving the pandemic under challenging environment, the ISPR said.

The corp commanders also paid tribute to the “Kashmiris people who are fighting the pandemic under Indian atrocities and struggling for their just cause of self determination”.

“Every citizen counts as we strive to scale this calamity. Being a nation with vibrant youth and resilient people ready to share and sacrifice, we will emerge stronger from this challenge, InshaAllah,” the ISPR quoted Gen Qamar as saying.