Regional peace contingent upon maintenance of strategic stability in South Asia: CJCSC

ISLAMABAD: Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee (CJCSC), General Zubair Mahmood Hayat on Thursday said that regional peace was contingent upon maintenance of strategic stability in South Asia.

He was addressing the participants of Naval Staff Course at Pakistan Navy War College, Lahore, said a press release issued here by Directorate of Public Relations of Pakistan Navy.

His talk was mainly focused on National Security Challenges and Options for Pakistan; where he highlighted the increasingly fluid security environment,  shaped by a dynamic mix of emerging challenges and opportunities.

The CJCSC said that warfare of 21st century had evolved and changed, and  morphed into Grey Hybrid Conflict, affecting Pakistan’s security situation;  which was a complex function of internal and external factors.

He also shared Pakistan’s contributions and efforts for regional peace and  stability, especially in Afghanistan. Earlier, upon arrival, Chairman JCSC laid wreath at Yadgar-e-Shuhada and  was received by Commandant Pakistan Navy War College, Rear Admiral  Zahid Ilyas.