There was a need to adopt a whole of the nation & whole of the govt approach to eradicate menace of terrorism on long term basis: Corps Commanders’ Conference

RAWALPINDI, April 15 (SABAH):  General Hafiz Syed Asim Munir Ahmed Shah, Chief of the Army Staff ( COAS) presided the 257th Corps Commanders’ Conference held at General Headquarters (GHQ) on Saturday.

According to the press release issued by the ISPR, the forum reviewed domestic and regional environment including external and internal security challenges Pakistan confronts.

The forum affirmed that military leadership is cognizant of the full spectrum of the challenges and it resolves to shoulder its constitutionally mandated responsibilities with support of the resilient people of Pakistan.

The forum reiterated the commitment of the armed forces to fully support national responses against internal & external threats. It highlighted that while security forces are undertaking intelligence based operations in areas along western border, there was a need to adopt a whole of the nation and whole of the government approach to eradicate the menace of terrorism on long term basis.

This focused Counter Terrorism campaign against terrorists as approved by the Government, through whole of the system approach will lead towards eradicating permissive factors of terrorism, extremism and instability in the country.

The forum expressed its assurance to pursue the goals set by National Security Committee (NSC) to turn the tide against terrorism through the coordinated application of all elements of national power.