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[DESERT FIGHTER]

Unfortunately 16th December comes around every year. On a personal note l had family members who were taken POW, one uncle was PIA security officer at Dhaka and another was a Captain in the FF Regt. My uncle passed away last year but he left behind his personal diary from his posting in Dhaka and his 2 years as a POW. it's in urdu and I'm having it translated into English. Should be interesting reading. Of course he has told me a few stories about his time at Dhaka airport.

My father's uncle a capt was also taken as POW. He retired as a col.
He died couple of years back.
RIP.

 

[Fatman17]

Brigadier Farrukh Bakht Ali, the artillery commander of Army Reserve North in December 1971, who threatened to remove Yahya by force on 19ᵗʰ December 1971, leading to the latter's ouster.

tried and sentenced to life imprisonment by Bhutto in the Attock Conspiracy Case of '73.

 

[Fatman17]

No lessons learnt by Pakistan

 

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China's Norinco delivers SH-15 howitzers to Pakistan​

by Kapil Kajal

Norinco delivered 56 SH-15 155 mm/52 calibre wheeled self-propelled howitzers (SPHs) to the Pakistan Army. The picture shows at least 18 examples of SH-15 with an artillery brigade under the People's Liberation Army Ground Force's 83rd Group Army. (CCTV 7)

China North Industries Group Corporation Limited (Norinco) delivered the second batch of SH-15 155 mm/52 calibre wheeled self-propelled howitzer (SPH) based on a Shaanxi 6×6 truck to the Pakistan Army.

According to images posted on Chinese social media Weibo, Norinco is seen delivering the second batch of 56 SH-15 howitzers to Pakistan in a ceremony. The SH-15 is an export designation of the PCL-181 155 mm wheeled SPH produced by Norinco.

In 2019, Pakistan signed a contract with Norinco to deliver 236 SH-15s. The first batch was delivered in January 2022. The number of howitzers received in the first batch is not known.

On 23 March 2022, the Pakistan Army unveiled its SH-15 howitzer during the Pakistan Day parade held at the Shakarparian Parade Ground in Islamabad, the country's capital.

According to Janes Land Warfare Platforms: Artillery & Air Defence, the SH-15 weighs 22 tonnes and can attain a maximum speed of 90 km/h on road.

The SPH is armed with a 155 mm L52 howitzer provided with a digital fire-control system (FCS). In addition, the SH-15 features a semi-automatic loader.

According to Norinco, the SH-15 is capable of being deployed in a quick-reaction role in the high-plateau region. Norinco said the SH-15 can fire 4–6 rds/min and has a range of 53 km.



Janes

 

[Fatman17]

The Pakistan Armed Forces has successfully conducted a flight test of the Fatah-II, an indigenous guided multi-launch rocket system (MLRS). A press release from the army’s Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) wing stated that the weapon is capable of engaging targets with high precision up to a range of 400 kilometers (249 miles), a considerable jump from the Fatah-I’s 140-kilometer (87 miles) range.

 

[KhanOfEurasia]

The Pakistan Armed Forces has successfully conducted a flight test of the Fatah-II, an indigenous guided multi-launch rocket system (MLRS). A press release from the army’s Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) wing stated that the weapon is capable of engaging targets with high precision up to a range of 400 kilometers (249 miles), a considerable jump from the Fatah-I’s 140-kilometer (87 miles) range.

I think soon Fatah-ll will enter in Service, inshallah. It give PAF the Capabillity to hit great Troop Formation in the Desert at long Distances, up to 400 km.

 

[Gessler]

Fatah-3 has been revealed to be a supersonic cruise missile with a Ramjet motor:

Several OSINT handles have already identified the platform as based on the Chinese HD-1 missile, even the launcher/TEL appears to match:

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2052338847036367303

So the specs are likely the same as the HD-1's.

Interestingly, as noted by Usman in the Twitter thread above, this missile was made & marketed by a Chinese construction/mining company and not by one of China's designated weapons manufacturers.

As far as I know, this system isn't in service with the PLA so Pakistan might well be the first actual field user of the type.

 

[Afif]

Fatah-3 has been revealed to be a supersonic cruise missile with a Ramjet motor:

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Several OSINT handles have already identified the platform as based on the Chinese HD-1 missile, even the launcher/TEL appears to match:

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2052338847036367303

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So the specs are likely the same as the HD-1's.

Interestingly, as noted by Usman in the Twitter thread above, this missile was made & marketed by a Chinese construction/mining company and not by one of China's designated weapons manufacturers.

As far as I know, this system isn't in service with the PLA so Pakistan might well be the first actual field user of the type.

It is not based on HD-1. It is bought off the shelf.

Pakistan bolsters defence infra with purchases from China, Turkiye

The acquisition, running into billions of dollars, is largely from China and Turkiye, even though Pakistan professes to be a key ally of President Donald Trump.

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Maybe they also got some ToT for future assembly work. But these are original HD-1/HD-1A.

 

[MS Sandhu]

Maybe they also got some ToT for future assembly work. But these are original HD-1/HD-1A.

PN got CM302, but not named it locally. Pakistan renames only those missiles that are bought with full ToT.
Zarb was chinese design based but Pakistan got it with ToT and developed its own line of anti ship missiles (SMASH & Taimur AS).

Pakistan possibly got ToT from Hongda otherwise CM302 was an established weapon system to go for.

 

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https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2078225981362393494

 

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Book Talk | Rescuing the US Rangers Mogadishu 3rd October 1993 A Pakistani Account

Auf YouTube findest du die angesagtesten Videos und Tracks. Außerdem kannst du eigene Inhalte hochladen und mit Freunden oder gleich der ganzen Welt teilen.

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The real story and not the Hollywood version

 

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Gen Raza's appointment as CNSC completes military overhaul under 27th Amendment, signals impending reshuffle​

With the highest four-star appointment now completed, officials expect a wider reshuffle of principal staff officers and corps commanders in the coming weeks.
Baqir Sajjad Syed Published July 24, 2026 Updated 5 minutes ago
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The government on Friday took another step towards completing the higher military command’s restructuring initiated last year under the 27th Constitutional Amendment by appointing Gen Syed Aamer Raza as the country’s first commander of the National Strategic Command (NSC).
The four-star post was created under last year’s constitutional tweak to oversee the operational integration of Pakistan’s strategic forces — a role previously exercised by the Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee, which was abolished under the 27th Amendment.
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif promoted Gen Raza from the rank of lieutenant general to the rank of a general and simultaneously appointed him as the CNSC.

Apart from the CNSC, the 27th Amendment also resulted in the creation of the post of the chief of defence forces (CDF), which is concurrently held by the army chief. Field Marshal Munir became the country’s first CDF after changes to the Army Act.
Under the Army Act, the CNSC is appointed by the prime minister on the recommendation of the CDF from among serving army generals, and serves a three-year term.
The office of the CNSC functions as the unified operational headquarters for the strategic forces by bringing together the army, navy and air force strategic commands under a single command structure while the National Command Authority, chaired by the prime minister, continues to retain the ultimate authority over nuclear policy and employment.

Who is Gen Raza?​

Before his elevation, Gen Raza was serving as the chief of general staff — the army’s principal operational appointment — and oversaw the implementation of organisational changes necessitated by the 27th Amendment and the restructuring that followed last year’s conflict with India, including the establishment of the Army Rocket Force Command.
A cavalry officer from the Officers Training School and commissioned into the 6th Lancers in 1988, he has commanded an armoured regiment, an armoured brigade, an infantry brigade in South Waziristan, an infantry division, and Lahore’s IV Corps.
He also headed Heavy Industries Taxila and served as the director general of Weapons and Equipment and the chief of staff at II Corps.
Gen Raza has, however, not served in the Strategic Plans Division, the Army Strategic Forces Command or the country’s strategic missile programme, with his career largely rooted in conventional operations and force development.
At the time of his promotion to the rank of a four-star general and appointment as the CNSC, he ranked eighth in the army’s seniority list of lieutenant generals.
His elevation superseded Lt Gen Inam Haider Malik, Lt Gen Fayyaz Hussain Shah, Lt Gen Nauman Zakaria, Lt Gen Muhammad Zafar Iqbal, Lt Gen Ahsan Gulrez and Lt Gen Shahid Imtiaz, while the senior most officer, Lt Gen Asim Malik, who also serves as director general of the Inter-Services Intelligence and National Security Adviser, continues to perform his role on an extended tenure.

Impending reshuffle​

With the constitutional architecture now largely operationalised, attention is increasingly turning towards amendments to the National Command Authority Act, 2010, which, in its current form, still reflects the pre-27th Amendment military hierarchy.
Although no draft legislation has yet entered the public domain, officials familiar with the process privately indicate that work on the amendments is under way and the changes are primarily intended to bring the statute in line with the new military offices instead of altering the civilian-led character of the nuclear command and control system.
The amendments, if implemented, would replace references to the abolished Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee with the chief of defence forces, who is likely to become the deputy chairman of the National Command Authority. The change would also likely lead to the formal recognition of the four-star CNSC as the operational commander of the strategic forces. The Development Control Committee is also expected to undergo corresponding changes in leadership.
Officials maintain, however, that the broader institutional framework would remain unchanged, with the prime minister continuing as chairman of the National Command Authority, the Strategic Plans Division retaining its role as the secretariat, and the authority to employ nuclear weapons remaining vested in the National Command Authority rather than any individual office.
Supporters of the restructuring describe it as organisational modernisation intended to improve jointness, integrate planning across strategic capabilities and streamline command in an increasingly multi-domain security environment, particularly after last year’s conflict with India.
Gen Raza’s appointment is also expected to trigger a cycle of promotions and transfers in the army’s senior leadership. With the highest four-star appointment now completed, officials expect a wider reshuffle of principal staff officers and corps commanders in the coming weeks.
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Baqir Sajjad Syed is the Foreign Affairs and National Security Correspondent for Dawn. His career of over 25 years spans print and broadcast journalism. He is a former UN Reham al-Farah Fellow and held a Pakistan Fellowship at the Woodrow Wilson Centre in Washington, DC. He tweets @baqirsajjad

Source: Dawn

 

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Gen Raza's appointment as CNSC completes military overhaul under 27th Amendment, signals impending reshuffle​

With the highest four-star appointment now completed, officials expect a wider reshuffle of principal staff officers and corps commanders in the coming weeks.
Baqir Sajjad Syed Published July 24, 2026 Updated 5 minutes ago
1x1.2x1.5x
The government on Friday took another step towards completing the higher military command’s restructuring initiated last year under the 27th Constitutional Amendment by appointing Gen Syed Aamer Raza as the country’s first commander of the National Strategic Command (NSC).
The four-star post was created under last year’s constitutional tweak to oversee the operational integration of Pakistan’s strategic forces — a role previously exercised by the Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee, which was abolished under the 27th Amendment.
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif promoted Gen Raza from the rank of lieutenant general to the rank of a general and simultaneously appointed him as the CNSC.

Apart from the CNSC, the 27th Amendment also resulted in the creation of the post of the chief of defence forces (CDF), which is concurrently held by the army chief. Field Marshal Munir became the country’s first CDF after changes to the Army Act.
Under the Army Act, the CNSC is appointed by the prime minister on the recommendation of the CDF from among serving army generals, and serves a three-year term.
The office of the CNSC functions as the unified operational headquarters for the strategic forces by bringing together the army, navy and air force strategic commands under a single command structure while the National Command Authority, chaired by the prime minister, continues to retain the ultimate authority over nuclear policy and employment.

Who is Gen Raza?​

Before his elevation, Gen Raza was serving as the chief of general staff — the army’s principal operational appointment — and oversaw the implementation of organisational changes necessitated by the 27th Amendment and the restructuring that followed last year’s conflict with India, including the establishment of the Army Rocket Force Command.
A cavalry officer from the Officers Training School and commissioned into the 6th Lancers in 1988, he has commanded an armoured regiment, an armoured brigade, an infantry brigade in South Waziristan, an infantry division, and Lahore’s IV Corps.
He also headed Heavy Industries Taxila and served as the director general of Weapons and Equipment and the chief of staff at II Corps.
Gen Raza has, however, not served in the Strategic Plans Division, the Army Strategic Forces Command or the country’s strategic missile programme, with his career largely rooted in conventional operations and force development.
At the time of his promotion to the rank of a four-star general and appointment as the CNSC, he ranked eighth in the army’s seniority list of lieutenant generals.
His elevation superseded Lt Gen Inam Haider Malik, Lt Gen Fayyaz Hussain Shah, Lt Gen Nauman Zakaria, Lt Gen Muhammad Zafar Iqbal, Lt Gen Ahsan Gulrez and Lt Gen Shahid Imtiaz, while the senior most officer, Lt Gen Asim Malik, who also serves as director general of the Inter-Services Intelligence and National Security Adviser, continues to perform his role on an extended tenure.

Impending reshuffle​

With the constitutional architecture now largely operationalised, attention is increasingly turning towards amendments to the National Command Authority Act, 2010, which, in its current form, still reflects the pre-27th Amendment military hierarchy.
Although no draft legislation has yet entered the public domain, officials familiar with the process privately indicate that work on the amendments is under way and the changes are primarily intended to bring the statute in line with the new military offices instead of altering the civilian-led character of the nuclear command and control system.
The amendments, if implemented, would replace references to the abolished Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee with the chief of defence forces, who is likely to become the deputy chairman of the National Command Authority. The change would also likely lead to the formal recognition of the four-star CNSC as the operational commander of the strategic forces. The Development Control Committee is also expected to undergo corresponding changes in leadership.
Officials maintain, however, that the broader institutional framework would remain unchanged, with the prime minister continuing as chairman of the National Command Authority, the Strategic Plans Division retaining its role as the secretariat, and the authority to employ nuclear weapons remaining vested in the National Command Authority rather than any individual office.
Supporters of the restructuring describe it as organisational modernisation intended to improve jointness, integrate planning across strategic capabilities and streamline command in an increasingly multi-domain security environment, particularly after last year’s conflict with India.
Gen Raza’s appointment is also expected to trigger a cycle of promotions and transfers in the army’s senior leadership. With the highest four-star appointment now completed, officials expect a wider reshuffle of principal staff officers and corps commanders in the coming weeks.
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Baqir Sajjad Syed is the Foreign Affairs and National Security Correspondent for Dawn. His career of over 25 years spans print and broadcast journalism. He is a former UN Reham al-Farah Fellow and held a Pakistan Fellowship at the Woodrow Wilson Centre in Washington, DC. He tweets @baqirsajjad

Source: Dawn

6 senior officers were superseded.