I wasn't talking about the physical capability of the Pakistani Army. I was talking about improving its decision-making capability.
Nevertheless, you make a good point: all it takes is "a truck and jeep" for the Pakistani military to undertake a coup, if only because the
111th Infantry Brigade is tasked with "guarding" the prime minister and president and these troops take their orders from the COAS, not the civilian leadership. So to better guard against military coups a different sort of "restructuring" may be required.
111 Independent Infantry Brigade has got nothing with coups, any other Brigade with any number, be it 110,112, 113 etc would have done the same when ordered and if deployed in vicinity of Islamabad. If 111 IIBG was so important politically as its publicized then its Brigade commanders would always make COAS of Pakistan Army. You can check yourself how many COAS of Pakistan Army have commanded 111 IIBG. The location of 111 Infantry Brigade is in westridge, Rawalpindi. For guarding President or PM or conducting a coup, the formation should be placed in Islamabad, not Rawalpindi. The security provided to President or PM is a mix of Military and Civil forces, and a whole Brigade is not required. ICT Police as well as Police in Rawalpindi out number 111 IIB's strength by a huge margin, so if a coup took place, 111 IIBG was the closest. You could say, at the wrong place, at the wrong time. Secondly, the commander of 111 IIBG can never act on his own. He is answerable to Corps Commander, X-Corps, who is answerable to Commander, Northern Command, who is answerable to VCOAS and COAS. So stop with the non-sense of 111 IIBG and coups already. Its a chain of command that follows and makes decisions and puts 111 IIBG into action.
Units under command of 111 IIBG.
3 x Infantry battalions
1 x artillery regiment
1 x signals company
1 x MP detachment
1 x Field Intelligence Company.
Responsibilities of 111 IIBG
1.It's the strategic Reserve for X-Corps, which means it can be utilized anywhere; LOC or elsewhere. However, its also considered the last defense for Government setup in Islamabad, if an indian Army break through reaches the out- skirts of Islamabad.
2.Provide troops for security of GHQ and JSHQ.
111 IIBG assigns one infantry battalion to GHQ. When the attack took place on GHQ many years back, it was some Punjab Regiment Battalion assigned for GHQ security that day. The roster could be monthly or yearly, depends upon commander. The other formation providing security to GHQ is DSG, which has retired personnel also in it.
3. Provides security to Islamabad and Rawalpindi in case of an airborne/air assault attack from Indian Military.
4. Provides security to KRL in case of emergency.
5. Provides resources of men and material to Government in case of national emergency or crisis in Islamabad Capital Region.
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