Pakistan's Army chief Bajwa, top generals review situation along border with India

The ISPR added that the commanders expressed "strong will, resolve and determination to defend the country against any misadventure or aggression”.

File Image/ Pakistan Army Chief General Bajjwa

New Delhi: Top military commanders of Pakistan headed by Army chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa, on Tuesday reviewed the situation along its Eastern border with India. The 220th Corps Commanders conference chaired by Bajwa in Ralwalpindi “reviewed geo-strategic environment and ongoing situation along the Eastern border,” the military’s media wing ISPR said in a statement. The top military commanders pledged to defend the nation against “any misadventure or aggression”. The review comes amid country’s heightened tensions with India. The ISPR added that the commanders expressed "strong will, resolve and determination to defend the country against any misadventure or aggression”. The Generals reiterated to continue "efforts for bringing enduring peace in the country while supporting all initiatives towards regional peace," the statement said. The forum "expressed its resolve to support government and all stakeholders in implementation of the National Action Plan," it said. The NAP was launched after a deadly Taliban attack on an army run school in Peshawar in December 2014 that killed nearly 150 people, mostly students. Tensions between India and Pakistan escalated after the Pulwama attack in Kashmir which killed 40 CRPF personnel. The attack took place when a suicide bomber of Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammed rammed an explosive laden truck into a CRPF convoy. India Air Force carried out preemptive precision strikes on Jaish-e-Mohammed camps in Balakot, as a counter terror operation. However, Pakistan Air Force retaliated and targeted India’s military establishments. While India downed Pakistan’s F-16 jet in the aerial engagement, Pakistan captured Indian pilot Abhinandan, but handed him over to India on March 1, under Geneva Convention. The meeting of Pakistani generals comes a day after the Indian Air Force on Monday scrambled two Sukhoi-30 fighter jets after sighting a Pakistani drone along the Indo-Pak border in the Khemkaran sector in Punjab.