Chief of Army Staff General Raheel Sharif visited North Waziristan Agency to celebrate Eid with troops on the front lines, busy in operation Zarb-e-Azb and stayed overnight at Miranshah Camp. Operation Commander briefed the Army Chief on progress of the operation. The Army Chief expressed his complete satisfaction over the achievements and progress of the operation made so far in North Waziristan Agency.
While interacting with troops, General Raheel Sharif appreciated their high state of morale, courage and determination in execution of the operation. He advised them to stay focused on speedy and skilful conduct of operation against all terrorists. "Now that their command and communication infrastructure has been disrupted, we will never allow them to return." He also spoke on the need to strengthen country's border mechanism to prevent any infiltration from across the border to undermine the effects of operation.
He paid rich tributes to Shuhada and the wounded, who had rendered supreme sacrifice for defence of the country. He vowed "we will not stop short of eradicating this menace of terrorism from across the country." He also emphasised that only with sustained focus of the entire nation, "we can jointly accomplish our objective of a terror free Pakistan."
Later, CoAS visited IDPs Camp Bannu to spend time with tribal brethren from NWA. While speaking to IDPs, the Chief of Army Staff assured them of the commitment and wholehearted support of the Army and the nation in providing them not only relief but in executing an ultimate resettlement plan for them. Acknowledging the co-operation and sacrifices rendered by brave tribal brethren in fight against terrorists, the Army Chief reiterated that together "we will bring peace, development and prosperity to this region."
He also appreciated the troops and all other agencies involved in the IDP affairs for their hard work. He hoped that with an improved co-ordination between all stakeholders involved at various levels, relief work would further improve ensuring better resource mobilisation and distribution.