Nation supports valiant troops guarding frontiers in challenging conditions: Khurram

ISLAMABAD, May 30 (APP):Minister for Defence and Foreign Affairs Engineer Khurram Dastgir Khan Wednesday said the nation always extended wholehearted support to its valiant troops guarding the frontiers in most challenging conditions.
“The government and the people of Pakistan reject categorically India’s claim over Occupied Jammu and Kashmir and its baseless protest against Pakistan’s recent Gilgit-Baltistan Order 2018. The nation supports wholeheartedly its valiant troops guarding the nation’s mountain frontiers in most challenging conditions,” he said while addressing officers at the Battalion Headquarters of Gayari sector during his visit to the Siachin Glacier region.
The minister laid wreath and offered Fateha at the Gayari Monument erected to commemorate 124 soldiers of the Pakistan Army, along with 11 civilians, who embraced martyrdom in a fatal avalanche in April 2012.
The Commander Force Command Northern Areas (FCNA), escorted the minister on a detailed aerial survey of strategic valleys, logistics chain, and Pak Army posts ranging to above 20,000 feet.
Earlier, Commander FCNA received the Defence Minister upon arrival at Skardu. An area orientation briefing was given to the Minister.