Army Chief General Syed Asim Munir says our standard of professionalism and leadership is par excellence compared to any modern army of the world.

Addressing the participants of the Junior Leadership Academy in Shinkiari today, he termed Junior Leaders as the backbone of Pakistan Army and is key to success in Conventional and Unconventional Warfare.

Praising the junior leaders of Pakistan Army, he said they proved their mettle in the fields of training, operations and world class competitions across the globe.

Later, the Army Chief witnessed the opening ceremony of Multi-National Special Forces Exercise "Eternal Brotherhood-II" held at Barotha.

Special Forces contingents from Pakistan, Kazakhstan, Qatar, Turkiye and Uzbekistan are participating in the two-week long exercise.

The exercise is aimed at harnessing the historic military to military relations among the friendly countries and benefitting from one another's experience against terrorism.

General Syed Asim Munir visited Barotha Garrison and interacted with the exercising participants.

On this occasion, General officer Commanding Special Service Group briefed the Army Chief on scope of the exercise.