Chief of Army Staff (COAS), General Qamar Javed Bajwa, while visiting Karachi on Thursday, attended the Colonel Commandant Ceremony at Ordnance Centre, Malir and installed Major General Syed Shahab Shahid as Colonel Commandant of Ordnance Corps.
According to the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), COAS Bajwa appreciated the Corps for their role in war and peace, especially during war against terrorism.
A large number of serving and retired officers and soldiers from Ordnance corps attended the ceremony.
COAS Bajwa, also visited PAF Air War College and addressed the participants of 35th Air War Course, the army chief appreciated the thorough professionalism of PAF and its enviable achievements. He also urged the officers to make consistent efforts to keep abreast with modern developments and maintain cutting edge advantage.
“Superiority in modern-day battlefield can only be maintained if we remain alive to contemporary challenges and are prepared to tackle them in line with emerging modern concepts,” the ISPR quoted COAS as saying.
We must remain vigilant to respond befittingly to any misadventure by the adversary, COAS reiterated.
