RAWALPINDI: Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa visited the Okara cantonment on Friday to distribute awards among the winners of the sixth Army Physical Agility and Combat Efficiency System (PACES) Championship.

As many as 250 contestants from 10 teams participated in various events which were held from Aug 9 to 18.

Speaking on the occasion, the COAS appreciated the standard of physical fitness displayed by the participants and the efforts of the trainers.

He said that regardless of the advances in warfare technology, the basic traits of soldiering were linked with physical fitness.

The Rawalpindi Corps team won the championship while the Karachi Corps team stood second. Sepoy Zahir Shah won the award for overall best player of the competition and Sepoy Nasirullah came in second.—Press Release

Published in Dawn, August 19th, 2017

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