SANDHURST: Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa on Friday attended the passing out parade of the 213th Regular Commissioning Course of Royal Military Academy here as a Chief Guest.
The COAS was the first ever Pakistani dignitary who has been invited at Royal Military Academy as a Special Guest.
Apart from the UK cadets , 41 international cadets from 26 various countries including two cadets from Pakistan Military Academy passed out the course.
Cadet Muhammad Abdullah Babar and Cadet Mujtaba from Pakistan Military Academy participated in the course.
COAS Attends Royal Military Academy Passing Out As Chief Guest
SANDHURST: Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa on Friday attended the passing out parade of the 213th Regular Commissioning Course of Royal Military Academy here as a Chief Guest.
The COAS was the first ever Pakistani dignitary who has been invited at Royal Military Academy as a Special Guest.
Apart from the UK cadets , 41 international cadets from 26 various countries including two cadets from Pakistan Military Academy passed out the course.
Cadet Muhammad Abdullah Babar and Cadet Mujtaba from Pakistan Military Academy participated in the course.
Addressing to the ceremony Javed Bajwa said primary reason for armed forces to exist today, should not be to prosecute wars, but to ensure that they do not take place.
According to the UK’s Defence Ministry, General Bajwa represented the Queen at the sovereign’s parade for commissioning course 213 (CC213) of the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst (RMAS) on Friday during a ceremony that attracted military leaders from dozens of countries of the world.
This was the 198th sovereign’s parade where General Bajwa became the first Pakistani to be the sovereign’s representative.
General Bajwa was accompanied at the parade by Director-General Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Major General Iftikhar Babar and Pakistani High Commission’s military attache Col Rana Asif Khan.