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General Rashad Mahmood was appointed as the 16th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee (CJCSC) of Pakistan by Prime Minister Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif on 27 November 2013. Lieutenant General Rashad Mahmood, HI (M) was commissioned in Pakistan Army’s Baloch Regiment in May 1975 and has varied experience of command, staff and instructional appointments.
During his stay in Sri Lanka, General Rashad will meet Sri Lanka’s top political and military leadership. The CJCSC Pakistan is also scheduled to visit the Sri Lankan Military Academy at Diyatalawa in addition to his tour of Anuradhapura and Jaffna.
General Rashad is also expected to visit the Defence Services Command and Staff College at Sapugaskanda where he will deliver a special talk on ‘Pakistan’s Security Perspective’.
The visit of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee Pakistan to Sri Lanka is of immense importance, as the time-tested relationship between the two friendly countries is further strengthened in political, strategic and economic spheres.
Pakistan is one of the very few countries which has provided all out support to Sri Lanka at the UNHRC sessions in Geneva.
Pakistan offers comprehensive training facilities to the Sri Lankan Army, Navy and Air Force which directly functions under Joint Staff Headquarters and these have increased in the last three years.
The Joint Staff Headquarters was also instrumental in the commencement of staff talks between the two armed forces. Recently, the procurement of 100 Pakistani manufactured cars by the Ministry of Defence of Sri Lanka was another manifestation of the close defence ties between the two countries.
