Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa on Sunday visited troops along working boundary near Sialkot and appreciated state of high morale and readiness. "There isn't anything more sacred than defending the motherland. I take pride in leading an Army which is ever ready to perform this duty," he said, according to an ISPR statement.

Meanwhile, Chief of Air Staff (CAS) Air Chief Marshal Mujahid Anwar Khan has vowed to defend the aerial frontiers of the country at all costs. He said this while visiting forward operating airbases of the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) on Sunday.

While interacting with the combat crew, the air chief said, "We are a peace-loving nation, but if a war is imposed on us, we would defend the aerial frontiers of our motherland at any cost." "Pakistan Air Force alongside other defence forces are ever ready to take on all kinds of challenges with operational preparedness and immaculate synergy," he was quoted as saying in a statement issued by the PAF.

Air Chief Marshal Mujahid further added that the country's air force would thwart any misadventure by the enemy and was ready to respond with full force as per the aspirations of the nation. The air chief showed satisfaction over the operational preparedness of bases and also lauded the high morale of the combat crew.-PR

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