RAWALPINDI: Pakistan Army's teams 1 Corps, 30 Corps, and China won Gold medal in Pak Army's Team Spirit (PATS) competition in which 10 foreign military teams took part, said a statement issued by the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) on Wednesday.
According to the statement, the competition concluded at the National Counter Terrorism Centre near Jhelum. Military teams from China, Indonesia, Jordan, Malaysia, Maldives, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Turkey , Thailand and U.K along with 8 Pakistan Army teams participated in the toughest military competition held from April 1 to April 5.
"Southern Command, 4 Corps,10 Corps, Sri Lanka, Turkey and UK clinched silver medal. Bronze medal was won by 5 Corps, 31 Corps, 2 Corps and Malaysia."
According to the ISPR, Lieutenant General Ikram ul Haque, Corps Commander Gujranwala, who was chief guest on the occasion, awarded prizes to the winning teams.
Ikram ul Haque applauded the professionalism, dedication and skills of the participating teams. He said participation of teams from friendly countries afforded an opportunity to all the participants to learn from each others professional experience in the domain of counter terrorism.
He thanked all foreign military teams for participating and showing confidence in Pakistan which is highly appreciable. Lieutenant General Hidayat ur Rehman, Inspector General training and evaluation and Lieutenant General Azhar Saleh Abbasi, Corp Commander Mangla were also present on the occasion.
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