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[fatman17]

At least five army personnel have gone missing after an avalanche hit an army base in world’s higgest battle ground Siachen.

The Pakistan army has started a rescue operation in the area with the help of locals. Heavy machinery has also been sent to speed up the rescue operation.

However, the army has still not confirmed any casualties.

While another four soldiers were killed by an avalanche in January last year, while in the previous year another four died when their vehicle was buried under an avalanche near Leh, the main city in the high-altitude region known as Ladakh.

Avalanches and landslides are common at the Siachen Glacier during the winter and temperatures there can drop as low as minus 60 degrees Celsius.

An estimated 8,000 troops have died on the glacier since 1984, almost all of them from avalanches, landslides, frostbite, altitude sickness or heart failure rather than combat.

At least 135 people, including 124 servicemen and 11 civilians, went missing in 2012 after an avalanche hit them at Gayari sector near Siachen Glacier.

 

[ghazi52]

Pakistan´s first ever Girls´ Cadet College, established earlier this year in the deeply conservative northwest, brims with enthusiasm and confidence as she sketches out her life plan.

"I want to be the army chief," she tells AFP. "Why not? When a woman can be prime minister, foreign minister and governor of the State Bank, she can also be chief of the army staff ... I will make it possible and you will see."

The dreams of many women in the region were once limited to merely leaving the house.

A library at the Pakistan Army´s first Girls´ Cadet College in Mardan. Photo/AFP

Durkhanay and her 70 classmates in Mardan, a town in militancy-hit Khyber Pakthunkhwa (KP) province roughly 110 kilometres (70 miles) from Islamabad, are aiming much higher.

Cadet colleges in Pakistan, which are run by the government with officers from the military´s education branch, strive to prepare bright male students for the armed forces and civil services.

Their graduates are usually given preference for selection to the army, which in Pakistan can mean their future is secured: they are likely to be granted land and will benefit from the best resources and training in the country.

As a result such colleges play an outsized role in Pakistan´s education system, which has been woefully underfunded for decades.

According to a 2016 government study, a staggering 24 million Pakistani children are out of school, with a larger share of girls staying home than boys -- 12.8 million compared to 11.2 million.

Hundreds of boys study at the cadet colleges across the country.

But girls are still not allowed in these elite schools, with the special college at Mardan the one exception.

Durkhanay Banuri, a Pakistani cadet, gives an interview to AFP at the Pakistan Army´s first Girls´ Cadet College in Mardan. Photo/AFP

"Such colleges can help girls qualify to be part of the armed forces, foreign service, civil services or become engineers and doctors," said retired Brigadier Naureen Satti, underscoring their importance in the long fight for equality by Pakistan´s women.

In starched khaki uniforms and red berets Durkhanay and her classmates march the parade ground, stepping to the beat of a barking drill instructor, before racing to change into physical training and martial arts kits.

Previously women were only allowed to serve in administrative posts. But military dictator Pervez Musharraf opened up the combat branches of the army, navy and air force to women beginning in 2003.

´Game changer´

The military would not disclose how many of its members, which a 2015 Credit Suisse report said number more than 700,000 active personnel, are currently women.

But a senior security official told AFP on condition of anonymity that at least 4,000 are now believed to be serving in the armed forces.

He gave no further details, and it is unclear how far the women have managed to foray from their administrative past, though some have managed to become high profile role models -- including, notably, Ayesha Farooq, who in 2013 became Pakistan´s first ever female fighter pilot.

Girls attend a class at the Pakistan Army´s first Girls´ Cadet College. Photo/AFP

The Girls´ Cadet College principal, retired brigadier Javid Sarwar, vowed his students would be prepared for whatever they wanted to do, "including the armed forces".

 

[ghazi52]

 

[Path-Finder]

https://twitter.com/x/status/947095210508636160

Instead of waiting for Project Azm. Why not do what Egypt has Done? The need for these drones is overdue.

 

[Ahmet Pasha]

I dont know bro there's been a lot of silence in the procurement department recently. All of the buzz seems to have died down.

https://twitter.com/x/status/947095210508636160

Instead of waiting for Project Azm. Why not do what Egypt has Done? The need for these drones is overdue.

 

[alimobin memon]

https://twitter.com/x/status/947095210508636160

Instead of waiting for Project Azm. Why not do what Egypt has Done? The need for these drones is overdue.

Are drones really that capable or its just a propaganda to create fear or worry in heart of enemy, I was never impressed by these machines in a war they wont last for long.

 

[Path-Finder]

Are drones really that capable or its just a propaganda to create fear or worry in heart of enemy, I was never impressed by these machines in a war they wont last for long.

Drones are the present and future! The whole world cannot be stupid in their pursuit and the yanks trying to block the access to other countries by introducing restrictions on them!

 

[ghazi52]

Army chief sees ‘monumental challenges’ for Pakistan in 2018
January 01, 2018


KARACHI: Chief of the Army Staff Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa has expressed the hope that the nation will continue to convert the challenges it is facing into opportunities in 2018.

A New Year message of the army chief issued by Inter-Services Public Relations director general Asif Ghafoor on his Twitter account late on Sunday night said that 2018 would have immense significance for Pakistan as it would have to face both internal and external challenges in the year.

The message read: “`A momentous year is over. 2018 is of immense significance for Pak both internally & externally with monumental challenges. Challenges are convertible into opportunities. Part we have done, remaining we can, and shall do together, IA. Nothing can defeat the spirit of Pak’. COAS.”

 

[fatman17]

Interesting. Just did the math. The US has actually given Pakistan $14.788 billion in civilian & military aid since 2001 (Source: https://t.co/tNUWdCOXWu), in addition to $14.585 billion in Coalition Support Funds, which is a reimbursement, not aid (https://t.co/Zl60GmS3Nj) https://t.co/pAfFBhHo0b

 

[Signalian]

In 1972, PA had Russian T-34 tanks in service with 15 Lancers which was used as a Recce regiment for 4 Corps, Lahore.

http://www.pakarmymuseum.com/exhibits/tank-t-3485/

I just realised the have put a pic of M-24 Chafee instead of T-34 and vice verca on their website.

 

[ghazi52]

207th Corps Commanders' Conference was held at GHQ today presided by General Qamar Javed Bajwa, Chief of Army Staff (COAS). Evolving geo-strategic environment and internal security situation reviewed.

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[fatman17]

2002-07: Pakistan's writ was being crumbled badly during Musharraf's era. Army got thrashed in FATA. CT course was available to SSG only. Intelligence gathering was a pure mess. Army knew only conventional warfare.

Jan-2008: That's when the Kayani doctrine began. #Pakistan

 

[ghazi52]

General Qamar Javed Bajwa,Chief of Army Staff (COAS) visited North Waziristan Agency (NWA). COAS laid wreath at Shuhada monument Miran Shah. General Officer Commanding Miranshah gave detailed briefing about security situation, rehabilitation of TDPs and progress on socio-economic development projects in the Agency. COAS also visited newly constructed border forts and fencing along Pak-Afghan border. COAS appreciated efforts of the formation for speedy and quality work for border security measures.

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[ghazi52]

General Qamar Javed Bajwa,Chief of Army Staff (COAS) visited home of Muhammad Ali Khan at Gharh Khel, Karak. Mr Ali has 8 sons; three of them Lance Naik Khurshid FC KP, Naib Subedar Umer Daraz FC KP and Havaldar Sher Daraz Pak Army have laid their lives for motherland in various operations. Three are presently serving in FC KP and Pak Army while two live with them at home. Besides his own sons, his two nephews Sepoy Hazrat Ali and Sepoy Lal Marjan both Army Soldiers have alsosacrificed their lives for the country while four nephews are presently serving in Army. COAS paid rich tributes to the proud family for their great sacrifices and said that till the times we have such great parents and such brave sons no threat can deter Pakistan. COAS said that no amount of care can return the value of their patriotism and sacrifices which is leading us to a peaceful and stable Pakistan.
Muhammad Ali Khan and his family thanked COAS .

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[Ahmet Pasha]

Those fkin politicians should wash this mans shoes and drink the water for their whole lives.
They gave their lives for us and what these fkin politicans are doing.

General Qamar Javed Bajwa,Chief of Army Staff (COAS) visited home of Muhammad Ali Khan at Gharh Khel, Karak. Mr Ali has 8 sons; three of them Lance Naik Khurshid FC KP, Naib Subedar Umer Daraz FC KP and Havaldar Sher Daraz Pak Army have laid their lives for motherland in various operations. Three are presently serving in FC KP and Pak Army while two live with them at home. Besides his own sons, his two nephews Sepoy Hazrat Ali and Sepoy Lal Marjan both Army Soldiers have alsosacrificed their lives for the country while four nephews are presently serving in Army. COAS paid rich tributes to the proud family for their great sacrifices and said that till the times we have such great parents and such brave sons no threat can deter Pakistan. COAS said that no amount of care can return the value of their patriotism and sacrifices which is leading us to a peaceful and stable Pakistan.
Muhammad Ali Khan and his family thanked COAS .

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