RAWALPINDI: Chief of the Army Staff General Raheel Sharif reiterated Zero tolerance for terrorist organizations and directed all concerned to continue focused efforts for sustainable peace and security, ISPR reported.

The army chief made these remarks while presiding over a meeting of Corps Commander Conference held at General Headquarters Wednesday.

The COAS while speaking to the forum expressed his complete satisfaction over progress of operation Zarb e Azb, and operational preparedness of the Army.

The army chief paid rich tributes to officers and men involved in operation for their sacrifices and successes.

While lauding recent phenomenal successes of Security / Intelligence agencies in Intelligence Based Operations (IBOs) for breaking the terror nexus across the country, the COAS reiterated Zero tolerance for terrorist organizations and directed all concerned to continue focused efforts till “we achieve sustainable peace and security,” it said.

Apart from discussing matters of professional interest, participants of the conference had a detailed review of overall internal and external security situation in the country, emerging geo-strategic environment and it’s relevance to Pakistan.

The participants were also briefed in detail about prevailing and emerging threats, ongoing operations of security / intelligence agencies for breaking the nexus between terrorists and their support mechanism across the country.