Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Asim Munir has said that the Pakistan Army remains focused on the evolving security situation and is determined to take the battle to terrorists.
\nIn a statement released on Friday, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said that the army chief visited North Waziristan\u2019s Miranshah town and the Special Services Group (SSG) headquarters in Tarbela.
\n\u201cAt Miranshah, the COAS laid a floral wreath at the Martyrs\u2019 Monument to pay homage to brave soldiers who laid [down their] lives while defending the motherland,\u201d the ISPR said.
\nGen Munir was briefed by field commanders on the latest security situation in the area and the response mechanisms to thwart terrorist threats, the statement added.
\nThe army chief also visited frontline troops deployed along the Pak-Afghan border. \u201cWhile interacting with officers and men, the COAS commended their professionalism, high morale, and operational readiness,\u201d the statement said.
\nThe ISPR quoted the COAS as saying that the army was focused on the evolving security situation, determined to take the battle to the terrorists and on breaking the \u201cnexus with their facilitators so as to ensure lasting peace through socio-economic development\u201d.
\n\u201cPakistan Army will consolidate the hard-earned peace, made possible by the supreme sacrifices of [the] resilient Pakistani nation and law enforcement agencies,\u201d he said.
\nLater, Gen Munir also visited the SSG headquarters in Tarbela. The COAS met SSG officers and men, including the Zarrar Company whose soldiers took part in the operation at the Counter Terrorism Department complex in Bannu.
\n\u201cThe COAS praised their indomitable spirit, sacrifices, and commitment to duty in various operations. The COAS said SSG is the pride of the nation and it had proved its metal over the years,\u201d the ISPR statement said.
\nThe statement comes amid a spate of terrorist attacks in Pakistan. Four policemen were martyred when terrorists laid siege to a police station in Lakki Marwat \u2014 a district of Bannu division \u2014 on Sunday.
\nThe same day, militants detained at a facility run by KP police\u2019s Counter Terrorism Department in Bannu took control of the compound, held security personnel hostage and demanded a safe passage first to Afghanistan and later to North Waziristan or South Waziristan.
\nThe siege ended after more than two days following an operation by security forces. Twenty-five terrorists were killed and three security personnel were martyred in the operation.
\nOn Monday, an Intelligence Bureau sub-inspector was gunned down in Peshawar while a suicide attack in North Waziristan claimed the lives of a soldier and two civilians. Also on Monday, back-to-back bombings in Khuzdar injured 20.
\nIn the early hours of Tuesday, dozens of armed militants stormed a police station in South Waziristan\u2019s Wana and escaped after looting arms and ammunition.
\nEarlier today, a policeman was martyred and at least six people \u2014 including four police officers and two civilians \u2014 were injured in a suicide blast in Islamabad\u2019s I-10\/4 sector in an attack claimed by the outlaw Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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