{"id":44993,"date":"2025-04-19T20:03:47","date_gmt":"2025-04-19T15:03:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/voiceofkp.org\/en\/?p=44993"},"modified":"2025-04-19T20:03:47","modified_gmt":"2025-04-19T15:03:47","slug":"8th-international-pakistan-army-team-spirit-competition-was-conducted-at-kharian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/voiceofkp.org\/en\/8th-international-pakistan-army-team-spirit-competition-was-conducted-at-kharian\/","title":{"rendered":"8th International Pakistan Army Team Spirit Competition was conducted at Kharian"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-44995 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/voiceofkp.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/04\/243fa7a0-4969-493b-8a09-eb6ff3379cac.jpeg\" alt=\"8th International Pakistan Army Team Spirit at Kharian\" width=\"611\" height=\"269\" srcset=\"https:\/\/voiceofkp.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/04\/243fa7a0-4969-493b-8a09-eb6ff3379cac.jpeg 1600w, https:\/\/voiceofkp.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/04\/243fa7a0-4969-493b-8a09-eb6ff3379cac-1536x677.jpeg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 611px) 100vw, 611px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>8th International Pakistan Army Team Spirit (PATS) Competition was conducted from 14 to 18 April 2025 at Kharian Garrison. Chief of Army Staff General Syed Asim Munir, NI(M) graced the Closing Ceremony as the Chief Guest.<br \/>\nThe 60 hours long rigorous patrolling exercise was aimed at enhancing combat skills through sharing of innovative ideas \/ experiences by the participants of the forum.<br \/>\nSeven teams from Pakistan Army along with a team from Pakistan Navy and fifteen teams from friendly countries including Bahrain, Belarus, China, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Maldives, Morocco, Nepal, Qatar, Sri Lanka, T\u00fcrkiye, United States of America and Uzbekistan participated in the exercise. Additionally representatives from Bangladesh, Egypt, Germany, Kenya, Myanmar and Thailand witnessed the exercise as observers.<br \/>\nThe exercise was conducted in the semi mountainous terrain of Punjab. Over the years, the exercise has gained much prominence as a very competitive professional military activity for the friendly countries.<br \/>\nWhile addressing the ceremony, COAS appreciated the participating teams for their professionalism, physical and mental endurance and high moral displayed during various stages of the exercise. COAS reiterated mutual learning during such exercises and highlighted that PATS is the right forum, which appropriately combines professional military skills and tactical acumen of all participating soldiers fostering much needed team spirit in the face of evolving character of war. To this effect, Pakistan Army upholds rich soldierly attributes of \u201ccharacter, courage and competence which has been amply displayed by our men in the face of fight against terrorism\u201d<br \/>\nTowards the end, COAS gave away individual and team awards to the participants of the exercise. International observers and Defence Attach\u00e9s of participating countries also attended the ceremony and appreciated the professional conduct of the event.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>8th International Pakistan Army Team Spirit (PATS) Competition was conducted from 14 to 18 April 2025 at Kharian Garrison. Chief of Army Staff General Syed Asim Munir, NI(M) graced the Closing Ceremony as the Chief Guest. 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