Pakistan’s military is currently engaged in four front wars besides dealing with a wide range of domestic challenges which seriously confronted the security, survival and territorial integrity of the Pakistani nation over the past few years. The 259th huddle of the Pakistan Army Corps Commanders held in-depth discussions on internal and external security challenges alongside taking a full account of the regional and global geostrategic environment that might have a direct or indirect impact on Pakistan. The forum commemorated the sacrifices of Shudahas and Ghazis who rendered unmatchable sacrifices in defence of the nation.
Pakistan Army is the nation’s most disciplined, highly organized, well-trained, and responsive institution. Its prime role is the defence and security of the country; however, it has been called upon for jobs which were well beyond the scope of their duties. Being an ideological and national Army, it remained committed to defending the country’s geographical territories while upholding the Country’s Islamic ideology. During the past seven and a half decades of Pakistan’s history, the Pakistan Army fought three major battles with the country’s eternal enemy along with ever-boiling low-level conflict at Siachen Glacier, the highest warzone in the world. The Pakistan Army successfully defeated the terror groups in the most difficult terrain of the country and is currently embattled with remnants of terrorism and ethnic insurgency in Erstwhile FATA and Balochistan respectively.
The Pakistan Army always played a pivotal role during natural disasters such as floods, earthquakes, locust attacks and deadly pandemics through its kinetic search and rescue operations and well-organized relief activities. Pakistan Military also remained available to the civilian governments during hours of need for the maintenance of law and order, national census, election duty, polio vaccination campaigns, desalination of water canals, management and monitoring of COVID-19- pandemic and locust attacks in the country, that has no example in any other nation in the world. The Pakistan Army remained at the forefront of nation-building activities through the construction of roads, and bridges, and the provision of educational, medical and communication facilities to the residents of border regions including Azad Kashmir, Gilgit-Baltistan, Erstwhile FATA and Balochistan. Interestingly, the Pakistan military along with the civil government played a crucial role in the accomplishment of FATF’s 34 points agenda while successfully securing Pakistan from grave risks of blacklisting by the anti-money laundering watchdog permanently. Presently, the Pakistan Army is an integral part of ongoing efforts to uplift socio-economic growth under the umbrella of the Special Investment Facilitation Council (SIFC) and wholeheartedly assists the government in curbing all illegal activities which hamper economic stability, growth and investors’ confidence. Meanwhile, it is equally involved in the ongoing crusade against the manipulation and smuggling of currency, sugar, wheat and other commodities from the country that had created miserable conditions for the South Asian nation at this time.
Besides these domestic campaigns, the Pakistan Army is continuously facing aggression and trespassing from the west and the eastern neighbour. The cross-border attacks at the Durand line became customary, as the banned Pakistani terror outfit enjoys salient support from its ideological mentor, who currently rules in the neighbourhood. Likewise, New Delhi has intensified its anti-Pakistan propaganda and ramped up its military operation and human rights abuses in illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir. The Army is like an ironclad against Pakistan’s enemies and their proxies inside the country. The Pakistan military is a symbol of national pride and a sole guarantee for the security and sovereignty of the country. So, until brave Pakistani soldiers guard the Country’s territorial frontiers no enemy could ever dare to harm Pakistan.
