{"id":127491,"date":"2026-06-12T20:54:25","date_gmt":"2026-06-12T15:54:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationaltimes.pk\/eng\/?p=127491"},"modified":"2026-06-12T20:54:25","modified_gmt":"2026-06-12T15:54:25","slug":"pakistan-secures-top-position-at-international-military-drill-competition-in-uk-ispr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationaltimes.pk\/eng\/2026\/127491\/","title":{"rendered":"Pakistan secures top position at international military drill competition in UK: ISPR"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">RAWALPINDI(National Times)- 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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIn 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,\u201d the ISPR said in a&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ispr.gov.pk\/press-release-detail?id=7707\">statement<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It added that the PMA team \u201cmade a clean sweep at the competition, securing all major honours, that is 1st Overall Team Trophy, Best Pace Sticker and Best Driver awards\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe Pakistan Army team\u2019s victory is reflective of the highest standards of professional training, excellence and dedication maintained by the Armed Forces of Pakistan,\u201d the ISPR said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pakistan had also won the International Pace Sticking Competition&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/1585021\">in 2020<\/a>&nbsp;for a third consecutive year. The army participated for the first time in the event in 2018.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In October last year, a Pakistan Army team&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/1948681\">won<\/a>&nbsp;the gold medal at Exercise Cambrian Pat\u00adrol-2025, held in Wales from October 3-13. Pakistan also won the gold medal at the exercise in&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/1865037'\">2024<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/1365057\"><u>2017<\/u><\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/1291136\/pakistan-army-takes-gold-in-exercise-cambrian-patrol-held-in-uk\"><u>2016<\/u><\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/1215526\/pakistan-army-wins-gold-in-exercise-cambrian-patrol-held-in-uk\"><u>2015<\/u><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>RAWALPINDI(National Times)- 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. \u201cIn 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 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":127492,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-127491","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest_news","entry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.0 - 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