Special Response Force to protect National Strategic Assets
Rawalpindi: Lieutenant General (R) Khalid Ahmed Kidwai, Director General Strategic Plans Division (DG SPD) has said that all available resources have been put in place to safeguard the National Strategic Assets of the Country comprehensively.
While reviewing an impressive Passing Out Parade of the first ever, newly raised Special Response Force (SRF), at the SPD Training Academy near Rawalpindi, he said that the addition of SRF to SPDs Security Force marked the achievement of a qualitative milestone in its rapid response capability.
Addressing the newly passed out SRF troops, Lt Gen. (R) Kidwai expressed deep satisfaction over the high standard achieved and emphasized in unequivocal terms the responsibilities ahead.
You were chosen, well trained and have been tasked to perform a very important task, and I am sure if ever challenged, your response actions will serve to make an example of any potential aggressor.
Exercise at Potohar
He urged the men to discharge their duties with utmost commitment, sincerity and with national pride.
It is note worthy that this is the first ever specialized force that has passed out from the SPD Academy.
The training was well chalked out and delineated in which highly qualified instructors from Pakistans elite Special Services Group and a number of other experts in security and crisis management trained the new force.
Exercise at Potohar
The Chief Guest congratulated the successful personnel and conveyed his special thanks to all the faculty members and instructors for their good work.