Headlines 1000 28th June 2018

RAWALPINDI: The Pakistan army on Wednesday expressed the resolve of extending “mandated assistance” to the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) for the conduct of free, fair and transparent elections.

The 211th Corps Commanders’ Conference was held with Chief of Army Staff Gen Qamar Jawed Bajwa in the chair at General Headquarters, Rawalpindi, according to a statement issued by Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) on official Twitter account.

The moot reviewed geo-strategic environment and recent security and other related developments in the region and resolved, “mandated assistance to ECP will be provided for free, fair & transparent conduct of GE-18.”

Gen Bajwa directed the military to perform election duties with utmost responsibility and without losing any focus on defence and internal security challenges at hand.