Pakistan secures top position at international military drill competition in the UK: ISPR
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The Pakistan Army team has clinched first position at an international military drill competition held in Britain, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said on Friday.
“In a remarkable display of excellence, the Pakistan Army team, represented by the Pakistan Military Academy (PMA), has clinched 1st Position at the prestigious International Pace Sticking Competition 2026 held at the Royal Military Academy (RMA) Sandhurst, United Kingdom,” the ISPR said in a statement.
It added that the PMA team “made a clean sweep at the competition, securing all major honours, that is 1st Overall Team Trophy, Best Pace Sticker and Best Driver awards”.
According to the ISPR, the nine-member contingent, led by Major Haider Gulzar, arrived in the UK on June 5. A total of 16 international teams from different armies participated in the fierce annual event.
“The Pakistan Army team’s victory is reflective of the highest standards of professional training, excellence, and dedication maintained by the Armed Forces of Pakistan,” the ISPR said.
Pakistan had also won the International Pace Sticking Competition in 2020 for a third consecutive year. The army participated in the event for the first time in 2018.
In October last year, a Pakistan Army team won the gold medal at Exercise Cambrian Patrol-2025, held in Wales from October 3-13. Pakistan also won the gold medal at the exercise in 2024, 2017, 2016, and 2015.
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Zamir Ahmed Awan is the founder and Chair of the Global Silk Route Research Alliance, a think tank in Islamabad. He studied engineering at Shanghai University in the 1980s, and years later he went back to China as Pakistan's science counsellor in Beijing, from 2010 until 2016, working on science and higher education cooperation between the two countries.…
