Corps Commander Lahore inspects military exercise near Jhelum: ISPR

ISLAMABAD: Corps Commander Lahore Lieutenant General Amir Riaz on Thursday inspected military exercise held at Tilla Jogian near Jhelum, the military's media wing said.

According to the ISPR statement issued earlier today, Lt General Riaz directed troops to further enhance their operational exercises.

The exercises are repeated every winter under collective training.

Earlier this week, Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa visited Pakistan Air Force (PAF) Mushaf airbase and witnessed the ongoing multinational exercise at the recently established Air Power Centre of Excellence (ACE).

The exercise, ACES meet 2017, had the participation of the Royal Saudi Air Force and the Turkish Air Force, with observers from eight other countries. The two-week long exercise started on October 16, ISPR said.

The army chief was briefed on the ACE facility and the scope of the exercise, which is aimed at mutual cooperation between air forces and to consolidate upon modern concepts in the domain of counter-terrorism, added ISPR.