Colonel Commandant Sindh Regiment, Major General Faheem Akhtar Khan has exhorted the 'Sindhis' to hone their capabilities to meet all professional challenges.
He was addressing a ceremony, held to install Brigadier Iftikhar Mehdi as Colonel of the Sindh Regiment Battalion, here on Saturday.
Major General Faheem Akhtar Khan along with Major General Ahsan Azhar Hayat, General Officer Commanding pinned the badges of ranks onto the shoulders of Brigadier Iftikhar Mehdi and congratulated him on assumption of his new responsibilities.
Appointing Colonel of the battalion in the army is an old tradition. The Colonel of the battalion usually senior in ranks provide guidance to sublimate the unit to utmost proficiency level and helps obviate difficulties if any in the process.
Brigadier Iftikhar Mehdi thanked the officers and jawans of the unit for reposing confidence in him and expressed his resolve to come up to their expectations.
Earlier, the commanding officer, Lieutenant Colonel Saqib Jamil gave a brief resume of the achievements of the battalion. The function was attended by high ranking serving and retired military officers and jawans.