Lt Gen Pratik Sharma takes charge as Northern Army Commander amid heightened Indo-Pak tensions post-Pahalgam attack

Lieutenant General Pratik Sharma today assumed command of the Indian Army’s Northern Command as GOC-in-C.

Amid rising Indo-Pak tensions following the Pahalgam terror attack, the decorated Madras Regiment officer brings vast operational experience. He lauded his predecessors’ work and vowed to bolster the Northern Command’s preparedness in safeguarding national security along critical borders.