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Qamar Javed Bajwa, Chief of Pakistan Army Staff, delivers a speech at the 54th Munich Security Conference in Munich, Germany, 17 February 2018. More than 500 guests among those head of states and head of governments, are expected to attend the three day conference. Photo: Sven Hoppe/dpa (Photo by Sven Hoppe/picture alliance via Getty Images)

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General Bajwa asks Kakul cadets not to get distracted by fake news, political tug of war

About 20 foreign cadets including four women are part of the passing out parade. These cadets are from Qatar, Sri Lanka, Nepal, and Iraq.

KAKUL/ISLAMABAD: Army Chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa today advised the passed-out cadets at the Pakistan Military Academy (PMA), not to get distracted by fake news, political wrangling in the country. He also urged them to respect always the democratic institutions.

General Bajwa was addressing the passing out ceremony of the 146th PMA Long Course at PMA, Kakul on Saturday morning.

The army chief is attending the parade as the chief guest.

High-level civil and military leaders and ambassadors of friendly countries attended the event.

Cadets of 24th Technical Graduate Course and 65th Integrated Course are also among those passing out today.

Besides them, cadets of 20th Lady Course and 5th Basic Military Training Course are also part of the parade.

Best performing cadet will be honoured with Sword of Honour, while gold medals will be given to two cadets of 146 PMA Long Course.

Chairman Joint Chief of Staff Committee Overseas Gold Medal will be given to the best performing cadet of the friendly countries.

About 20 foreign cadets including four women are part of the passing out parade. These cadets are from Qatar, Sri Lanka, Nepal, and Iraq.

While addressing the ceremony, General Bajwa congratulated the cadets for successfully completing their training. He also congratulated the families of the successful cadets.

“I would also like to extend my heartiest felicitations to the cadets of our brotherly countries on completion of their military training at the Pakistan Military Academy,” he added.

The chief of army staff highlighted the role of the military in successfully exterminating terrorism from the country in its two-decade-long struggle.

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