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Abdul Qadir Baloch
Abdul Qadir Baloch (; born 9 April 1945) is a Pakistani politician and retired army general who served as Minister for States and Frontier Regions in the third Sharif ministry from 2013 to 2017 and in the Abbasi cabinet from August 2017 to May 2018. A leader of the Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz), Baloch briefly served as the Governor of Balochistan during Pervez Musharraf rule in 2003. Baloch had been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from 2008 to May 2018. Baloch has four children named Aurangzeb, Jahnzeb, Fauzia and Nazia Early life He was born on 9 April 1945. Military career Baloch was appointed as field operations commander of the XXX Corps where he oversaw the redeployment of the military troops near border with India. In the wake of the 9/11 attacks in the United States, Baloch was assigned as field operations commander of the XII Corps which had the area of responsibility of the Balochistan. Political career In 2001, Baloch was appointed as Martial Law ...
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Minister For States And Frontier Regions
The Ministry of States and Frontier Regions ur, , ''wazarat-e- reyasti o sarhadi umoor'' (abbreviated as SAFRON) is a federal ministry in Pakistan. The main responsibilities of the ministry are the administrative affairs and development activities in the tribal areas of Pakistan, including Frontier Regions of Pakistan and Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA). Commissionerate for Afghan Refugees In 1980, the Commissionerate for Afghan Refugees was established in Islamabad under SAFRON. This was in response to the influx of refugees from Afghanistan to Pakistan from 1979, due to the Soviet invasion and factional fighting in Afghanistan. The main functions of Commissionerate are to manage Afghan refugees and support the provision of basic facilities for the welfare of Afghan refugees, coordinating activities with federal and provincial government, NGOs, and international agencies specially UNHCR. There is a Commissionerate for Afghan Refugees in each province excep ...
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OF-8 PakistanArmy
An officer of three-star rank is a senior commander in many of the armed services holding a rank described by the NATO code of OF-8. The term is also used by some armed forces which are not NATO members. Typically, three-star officers hold the rank of vice admiral, lieutenant general, or in the case of those air forces with a separate rank structure, air marshal. Australia In the Australian Defence Force the following ranks of commissioned officers are awarded three-star ranks: * Vice admiral ( Royal Australian Navy three-star rank) *Lieutenant general (Australian Army three-star rank) * Air marshal (Royal Australian Air Force three-star rank) Official rank insignia for Australian 'three-star' officers do not use stars in the same fashion as the United States. The RAN does incorporate stars into the hardboard rank insignia for flag-rank officers but this is in conjunction with other devices. Unofficial star rank insignia are sometimes worn when serving with or visiting other ...
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Sitara Jurat Ribbon
Sitara or Sithara may refer to: People * Sithara (actress) (born 1973), Indian actress * Sithara (singer) (born 1986), Indian singer * Sitara Devi (1920–2014), Indian dancer * Sitara (actress), Pakistani film actress * Sitara Hewitt, a British-Pakistani-American actress * Mohan Sithara (born 1959), Malayalam film music composer Film and television * ''Sitara'' (1980 film), a 1980 Hindi-language Indian feature film * ''Sitaara'', a 1984 Telugu-language Indian feature film * ''Sitara'' (2019 film), an Indian Bengali-language film * '' Sitara: Let Girls Dream'', a 2020 Pakistani computer animated short film Other uses * Sitara (textile), an ornamental curtain used in the sacred sites of Islam * Sitara ARM Processor, a family of processors available from Texas Instruments * HAL HJT-36 Sitara, an Indian subsonic intermediate jet trainer aircraft See also * Sithara (other) Sithara is an alternative to Sitara which in Hindi means "a star". The following are notable people a ...
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War On Terror
The war on terror, officially the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT), is an ongoing international counterterrorism military campaign initiated by the United States following the September 11 attacks. The main targets of the campaign are militant Islamist and Salafi-Jihadist armed organisations such as Al-Qaeda, the Islamic State and their international affiliates; which are waging military insurgencies to overthrow governments of various Muslim countries. The "war on terror" uses war as a metaphor to describe a variety of actions which fall outside the traditional definition of war taken to eliminate international terrorism. 43rd President of the United States George W. Bush first used the term "war on terrorism" on 16 September 2001, and then "war on terror" a few days later in a formal speech to Congress. Bush indicated the enemy of the war on terror as "a radical network of terrorists and every government that supports them." The initial conflict was aimed at al-Qaeda, ...
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2001-2002 India-Pakistan Standoff
Increment or incremental may refer to: *Incrementalism, a theory (also used in politics as a synonym for gradualism) *Increment and decrement operators, the operators ++ and -- in computer programming *Incremental computing *Incremental backup, which contain only that portion that has changed since the preceding backup copy. *Increment, chess term for additional time a chess player receives on each move * Incremental games * Increment in rounding See also * * *1+1 (other) 1+1 is a mathematical expression that evaluates to: * 2 (number) (in ordinary arithmetic) * 1 (number) (in Boolean algebra with a notation where '+' denotes a logical disjunction) * 0 (number) (in Boolean algebra with a notation where '+' denotes ... {{Disambiguation da:Inkrementel fr:Incrémentation nl:Increment ja:インクリメント pl:Inkrementacja ru:Инкремент sr:Инкремент sv:++ ...
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Kargil War
The Kargil War, also known as the Kargil conflict, was fought between India and Pakistan from May to July 1999 in the Kargil district of Jammu and Kashmir and elsewhere along the Line of Control (LoC). In India, the conflict is also referred to as Operation Vijay ( hi, विजय, ), which was the codename of the Indian military operation in the region. The role of the Indian Air Force in acting jointly with the Indian Army was aimed at flushing out both the Pakistan Army and paramilitary troops from vacated Indian positions along the LoC,http://>.nic.in/content/op-safed-sagar in what was designated as Operation Safed Sagar ( hi, ऑपरेशन सफेद सागर, label=none, ). The conflict was triggered by the infiltration of Pakistani troops—disguised as Kashmiri militants—into strategic positions on the Indian side of the LoC, which serves as the ''de facto'' border between the two countries in the disputed region of Kashmir. During its initial stage ...
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Indo-Pakistani War Of 1971
The Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 was a military confrontation between India and Pakistan that occurred during the Bangladesh Liberation War in East Pakistan from 3 December 1971 until the Pakistani capitulation in Dhaka on 16 December 1971. The war began with Pakistan's Operation Chengiz Khan, consisting of preemptive aerial strikes on 11 Indian air stations. The strikes led to India declaring war on Pakistan, marking their entry into the war for East Pakistan's independence, on the side of Bengali nationalist forces. India's entry expanded the existing conflict with Indian and Pakistani forces engaging on both the eastern and western fronts. Thirteen days after the war started, India achieved a clear upper hand, and the Eastern Command of the Pakistan military signed the instrument of surrender on 16 December 1971 in Dhaka, marking the formation of East Pakistan as the new nation of Bangladesh. Approximately 93,000 Pakistani servicemen were taken prisoner b ...
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Structure Of The Pakistan Army
The structure of the Pakistan Army is based on two distinct themes: operational and administrative. Operationally the Army is divided into nine corps and three corps-level formations with areas of responsibility (AOR) ranging from the mountainous regions of the north to the desert and coastal regions of the south. Administratively it is divided in several regiments (details below). The General Headquarters (GHQ) of the Army is located in Rawalpindi in Punjab province. It is planned to be moved to the capital city of Islamabad nearby. Army headquarters and staff The Chief of the Army Staff (COAS), formerly called the Commander-in-Chief (C-in- C of the Pakistan Army), is challenged with the responsibility of commanding the Pakistan Army. The COAS operates from army headquarters in Rawalpindi, near Islamabad. The Principal Staff Officers (PSO's) assisting him in his duties at the Lieutenant General level include: The Military Operations and Intelligence Directorates function und ...
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XII Corps (Pakistan)
The XII Corps, also known as Quetta Corps is a corps of the Pakistan Army currently stationed in Quetta, Balochistan Province. History The Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in 1979 created for Pakistan a real security threat on the western borders for the first time in its history. As a result, two new corps were raised to guard the western borders. These were the XI Corps in Peshawar, and the XII Corps, with the responsibility of guarding the Bolan Pass. The formation spent the first few years of its history guarding against Soviet expansionism. The end of the Cold War and the ending of the Soviet threat led the formation into a new era. It would lose divisions and brigades to the western border. Notably, 40 infantry division would be moved to Okara War on Terrorism The war on terror began and once again the corps began to undertake duty on the western borders, catching and neutralising Al-Qaeda and Taliban operatives, although it has not been involved to such an extent as the XI ...
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XXX Corps (Pakistan)
The XXX Corps (30 Corps), known as Triple X Corps, is a corps of the Pakistan Army currently assigned to Gujranwala, Punjab Province. The Corps is a major and integral part of the army, along with PAF's Eastern Air Command. It is currently commanded by Lt Gen Muhammad Aamir The vital area, which connects Pakistan's Punjab with parts of the Indian union territory of Jammu and Kashmir (extending from Jehlum to Narowal), has always been of strategic importance; the place was the site of major battles in both 1965 and 1971. Traditionally, this area had been held by I Corps. That corps already had offensive duties, and the task of defending this area was being neglected by the corps HQ. To improve the situation, it was decided to raise another corps headquarters to look after this area. Thus the XXX Corps was raised and given the command of both new raisings and units and formations detached from I Corps, which was then dedicated to offensive tasks. Since the beginnings of an an ...
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Tamgha-i-Imtiaz
Tamgha-e-Imtiaz () also spelled as Tamgha-i-Imtiaz, is a state-organised honour of Pakistan. It is given to any civilian in Pakistan based on their achievements. While it is a civilian/military award, it can be bestowed upon officers of the Pakistan Armed Forces and worn on their uniform. It can also be awarded to foreign citizens who have performed great service to Pakistan. Grades of the Order of Imtiaz This award is the 4th Grade in the Order of Imtiaz (Excellence). The four Grades in the Order of Imtiaz are: # '' Nishan-e-Imtiaz'' (Order of Excellence; ) # '' Hilal-e-Imtiaz'' (Crescent of Excellence; ) # '' Sitara-e-Imtiaz'' (Star of Excellence; ) # ''Tamgha-e-Imtiaz'' (Medal of Excellence; ). Service Ribbon Insignia The ''ribbon'' for the Tamgha-e-Imtiaz (Civilian) is: * Yellow with a white centre band and a narrow Pakistan Green stripe in the middle. The ''ribbon'' for the Tamgha-e-Imtiaz (Military) is: * White edges with Pakistan Green centre band and t ...
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