- COAS General Syed Asim Munir graced the event as Chief Guest.
- Army teams, Pakistan Navy and 10 international teams participated.
- The competition continued day and night from March 7 to 9 in Pabbi.
RAWALPINDI: The 6th International Pakistan Army Team Spirit (PATS) Competition concluded at National Counter Terrorism Centre (NCTC) Pabbi with an impressive closing ceremony.
According to the Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR), Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Syed Asim Munir graced the event as Chief Guest.
Seven Pakistan Army teams, Pakistan Navy and 10 international teams including Bahrain, KSA, Morocco, Uzbekistan, Thailand, Jordan, USA, Iraq, Kazakhstan and Qatar participated in the competition.
Moreover, teams from Azerbaijan, Canada, Gambia, Indonesia, Myanmar, Maldives, Senegal, Sudan, UAE and UK participated as observers.
The competition continued day and night from March 7 to 9 in the mountainous and rugged terrain of Pabbi. Over the years, the competition has gained much popularity and has become an international team spirit evaluation event.
While addressing the ceremony, COAS Asim Munir appreciated the participating teams for their professionalism, endurance and high morale displayed during various stages of the exercise.
COAS reiterated, “As a training exercise, PATS appropriately replicates degree of emphasis given by all armies on physical fitness, combat skills, and teamwork of their troops in face of evolving character of warfare.
“To this end, Pakistan Army upholds soldierly attributes of courage, mutual cooperation, resilience, competence displayed during our ongoing fight against terrorism”.
COAS also gave away prizes and medals to the participants of the competition.
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