RAWALPINDI: Chief Of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa asserted on Tuesday that the Line of Control’s (LoC) situation ‘would soon improve’.
He said this – off the record – to
media personnel in the city’s Army Hockey Stadium after he took over the army chief’s position.
“I have bee
n assigned a very tough job and I need your prayers. I will need the support of the Pakistani
media as well,” the military chief said.
The newly-appointed army chief said that commanding the Pakistan Army was a challeng
ing job – for which he needed the
media’s support – but he promised to safeguard the country from any int
ernal or ext
ernal threats and achieve further victories in the fight
against terrorism.
The general further suggested that the
media should continue to play its part in sustaining ‘high moral of the Pakistan Army’ and that he will soon call the
media industry’s professionals on a luncheon.
Bajwa took charge of the Pakistan Army following General Raheel Sharif’s retirement on November 29 as the country’s 16th army chief.
