Army chief inaugurates electronic warfare lab

Published January 25, 2020
Chief of the Army Staff Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa speaks to Japanese Senior Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs Kanasugi Kenji who called on him on Friday.—INP]
Chief of the Army Staff Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa speaks to Japanese Senior Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs Kanasugi Kenji who called on him on Friday.—INP]

RAWALPINDI: Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa on Friday inaugurated Electro­nic Warfare (EW) and Ground Surveillance Radar (GSR) testing laboratories at the National Radio Telecommunication Corporation (NRTC), Haripur.

The COAS visited the NRTC and lauded the role and efforts of the staff over the last three years.

He assured his full support to the NRTC in its innovative initiatives, says an Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) press release issued here on Friday.

The NRTC has developed EW equipment and GSR radars for armed forces.

Meanwhile, Japanese Senior Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs Kanasugi Kenji called on the army chief in Islamabad.

Chief of the Army Staff Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa speaks to Japanese Senior Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs Kanasugi Kenji who called on him on Friday.—INP
Chief of the Army Staff Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa speaks to Japanese Senior Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs Kanasugi Kenji who called on him on Friday.—INP

The visiting dignitary appreciated Pakistan’s contributions for conflict prevention in the region and pledged to keep working for better relations between the two countries, an ISPR press release said.

During the meeting matters of mutual interest, overall regional situation and bilateral cooperation in various fields were discussed.

Published in Dawn, January 25th, 2020

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