Chief of Army Staff (COAS), General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani visited Sialkot Garrison, January 8, 2013, to witness the conduct of Army Mobilization Exercise.

Press Release
No PR2/2013-ISPR Dated: January 8, 2013
Rawalpindi - January 8, 2013:
Chief of Army Staff (COAS), General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani visited Sialkot Garrison, today, to witness the conduct of Army Mobilization Exercise.

The Mobilization Exercise is being conducted to validate the recent changes in mobilization system of the Army. The changes aim at improving the mobilization time to enable Pakistan Army to put in practice Army's New Concept of War Fighting, which has already been evolved and validated in the Azm-e-Nau series of war games and exercises, in last four years.

The COAS emphasized the need for the Army to remain fully prepared to respond to the full spectrum of threat, be it direct or indirect and overt or covert.

Earlier, on arrival, COAS was received by Lieutenant General Muzammil Hussain, Commander Gujranwala Corps.