RAWALPINDI: The Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee (JCSC) meeting on Tuesday appreciated strides made against the menace of terrorism in the operation Zarb-i-Azb and reaffirmed the resolve of armed forces to eradicate the scourge from the country as part of a comprehensive security strategy.

The Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee (CJCSC), Gen Rashad Mahmood, presided over the meeting which was held at the Joint Staff Headquarters here.

The meeting expressed satisfaction over the standard of preparedness of armed forces to confront challenges being faced by the country.

The meeting was attended by Chief of the Army Staff, Gen Raheel Sharif, Chief of Naval Staff, Admiral Mohammad Asif Sandila, Chief of Air Staff, Air Chief Marshal Tahir Rafique Butt, secretary of defence and senior military officers from the three services.

The meeting appreciated relief and rescue operations carried out by personnel of the armed forces during recent floods in the country.

According to an ISPR press release issued here on Tuesday, the JCSC was a quarterly meeting of senior military leadership to carry out the assessment and evaluation of operational preparedness of all three services, especially in the context of coordination within the armed forces.

The meeting reaffirmed the resolve of armed forces to eradicate the scourge of terrorism from the country as part of the comprehensive security strategy.

Published in Dawn, September 24th, 2014