RAWALPINDI: Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) Committee, Gen Zubair Mahmood Hayat attended chiefs of general staff meeting of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) member states in Moscow, said a statement issued by the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR).

The host country briefed the forum on international geopolitical situation and activities of transnational terrorist organisations in various crisis regions of the world.

While addressing the forum, the JCS chairman highlighted the contributions of Pakistan’s armed forces to peace and their immense sacrifices in war against terrorism. On the sidelines of the event, Gen Hayat also met Gen Li Zoucheng, chief of Joint Staff of Peoples Liberation Army, and Lt Gen Sobirzoda Emomali Abdurahim, chief of general staff of Tajikistan.

Published in Dawn, August 31st, 2018

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