LINE OF CONTROL: Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa Wednesday spent Eid with troops along Line of Control (LoC). COAS offered prayer with troops on front line.
Special prayers were made for peace, progress and prosperity of Pakistan, an Inter Services Public Relations press release said.
Talking to troops, COAS said best Eid for a soldier was to have pride for being on duty of defending the motherland even on such festive days away from family. “Remember for us, the defenders of Pakistan, our first family is the Pakistani nation, then the ones back home,” COAS said.
Talking about voluntary decision to forego even the routine increase in annual defence budget, COAS said, “This initiative is not a favour to the nation as we are one, through thick and thin.”
“Irrespective of the voluntary cut in defence budget coming financial year, there shall be no impact on our response potential to all types of threat and quality of life of the soldiers.
The no pay raise decision is also only for the officers and not for the soldiers. We shall manage the shortfall during the financial year by tightening our belt in areas where it doesn’t affect the two aforesaid aspects”, he concluded.
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