The 8th International Pakistan Army Team Spirit Exercise-2025 kicked off at National Counter Terrorism Centre Pabbi on Monday.

Director General Military Training opened the 60-hours long Patrolling Exercise which aims at enhancing military to military cooperation under complex international security environment.

A total of 20 friendly countries and military observers are participating in the exercise. These include Bahrain, Belarus, China, Saudi Arabia, Maldives, Morocco, Nepal, Qatar, Sri Lanka, Turkiye, the United States and Uzbekistan, Bangladesh, Egypt, Germany, Indonesia, Kenya, Myanmar, South Africa and Thailand.

Pakistan Army Team Spirit is a mission specific and task oriented professional military exercise organized annually in Pakistan.

The exercise calls for highest standard of physical fitness, mental agility, robustness and professional military expertise for quick decision making in varied situation during conduct of challenging missions in near real environment.       

The exercise will help hone basic soldierly attributes besides interoperability through sharing of innovative ideas and mutual best practices.