Summary General Raheel Sharif also met with the troops deployed in forward localities along the LoC.
MUZAFFARABAD (Dunya News) –Chief of Army Staff General Raheel Sharif has visited the Line of Control (LOC).
According to ISPR, the army chief appreciated the high state of morale, operational preparedness and vigil being maintained by troops on front line. “He also paid rich tribute to the supreme sacrifices of the officers and men of Pakistan Army along LOC,” the statement said.
Earlier, on arrival at LOC, the COAS was briefed by local formation commander on the prevailing security situation at the LOC. Lieutenant General Qamar Javed Bajwa and Corps commanders accompanied the army chief during his visit, fist since assuming the charge.
On Nomvember 29, General Raheel Sharif took over as head of Pakistan’s army.
Gen Sharif also holds the Hilal-i-Imtiaz military award, and is the younger brother of late Major Shabbir Sharif, who received the Nishan-i-Haider for his services in the 1971 war.
