Times of Islamabad

Amid rising tensions, COAS General Qamar Javed Bajwa reaches out to field formations guarding Indian borders

Amid rising tensions, COAS General Qamar Javed Bajwa reaches out to field formations guarding Indian borders

KARACHI: Amid rising tensions, COAS General Qamar Javed Bajwa reaches outto field formations guarding Indian borders.

Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa praised the “state ofreadiness for response” of the Karachi Corps, Pakistan Rangers Sindhformations on Friday.

According to a statement by the ISPR, the army chief visited Karachi Corps,Pakistan Rangers Sindh formations.

The army chief’s visit comes in the backdrop of heightened tensions betweenIndia and Pakistan. On Thursday, Indian forces’ unprovoked aggressionacross the Line of Control (LoC) resulted in the martyrdom of two PakistanArmy soldiers.

Pakistan Army effectively responded to Indian shelling.

Prime Minister Imran Khan on Thursday said India will conduct a false flagoperation in Azad Kashmir to divert the world’s attention from itscontentious citizenship law which has triggered protests in the entirecountry.

“I am telling you now, Modi will use this [protests in India] to dosomething in Azad Kashmir,” said the prime minister. “I informed Gen Bajwaabout this and he told me that Pakistan Army is ready for India.”