— Army top brass resolves to mitigate flood affectees sufferings
RAWALPINDI: The 250th Corps Commanders’ Conference on Thursday expressing deep sorrow over loss of precious lives and extensive damage to infrastructure due to unprecedented rains and floods. The Army top brass resolved to spare no effort for mitigating the sufferings of flood-affected people.
The 250th Corps Commanders’ Conference was held here at GHQ presided by Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa, an Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) news release said.
In an unprecedented gesture, all the General Officers of Pakistan army donated one-month salary for flood relief operations. The Corps Commanders Conference was completely focused on Flood situation, impact and most importantly the response and relief efforts and key decisions were made.
The forum was briefed in detail on external and internal security situation with particular focus on flood situation in the country and ongoing relief operations being undertaken by the Army Formations.
The COAS directed formations to maintain operational readiness and continue efforts to counter terrorism particularly in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) and Balochistan.
The participants undertook comprehensive overview of the flood situation and ongoing relief and rescue operations by the army.
The COAS appreciated the ongoing relief efforts and directed the army formations to render all possible support to the flood affectees.
“Every single affected individual must be reached to bring comfort in this hour of distress,” the COAS concluded.
