ISLAMABAD – Defence Minister Khurram Dastgir Khan says the nation supportswholeheartedly its valiant troops guarding its mountain frontiers in mostchallenging conditions.
He was addressing officers at the Battalion Headquarters of Gayari sectorduring a visit to the Siachin Glacier region.
The Minister rejected India’s claim over Occupied Jammu and Kashmir and itsbaseless protest against recent Gilgit-Baltistan Order 2018.
He laid floral wreath and offered fateha at the Gayari Monument erected tocommemorate the 124 soldiers along with 11 civilians, who embracedmartyrdom in a fatal avalanche in April 2012.
Commander Force Command Northern Areas escorted Khurram Dastgir Khan on adetailed aerial survey of strategic valleys, logistics chain, and Pak Armyposts ranging to above 20,000 feet.