QUETTA (6 AM Report): Additional Chief Secretary Home Zahid Saleem while addressing the passing out ceremony of the fifth batch of SSG Light Commando training imparted by Pakistan Army to Levies Force in Quetta Cantt said that the efficiency of Levies Force has increased in the province and Levies Force has played a proud role in maintaining peace.
He said that Levies Force is being developed on modern lines, adding that Levies Force personnel successfully targeted the camps of terrorists during the exercise by demonstrating the training to be taken from the Pakistan Army and overpowered the terrorists and wiped them out and destroyed their hideouts.
DG Levies Balochistan Naseebullah Ka Kad and Commandant Khuzdar Levies Training Center Colonel Muhammad Anwar Baloch were present in the passing out ceremony.
Addressing the participants of the training, Zahid Saleem said that all resources will be used for the improvement of the Levies Force. “Your performance today is a reflection of the fact that you are no less than other security agencies of the province. Your performance is a source of pride for the Levies Force,” he said and added that the recruits receiving training are lucky that they are entrusted with the responsibility of protecting the security of the country and the lives and property of the people.
He said that the pass-outs will pay and maintain a positive impression of the Levies and maintain a relationship of trust between the people and the Levies.
Additional Chief Secretary Home Zahid Saleem also appreciated the performance of Director General Balochistan Levies Naseebullah Kakar for the Levies Force, saying that keeping in view the contemporary challenges, the Pakistan Army has given the Levies Force basic training, physical fitness, marksmanship, Tower, Advanced courses like weapon handling, UCBC, Rappling and Room clearing training.