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The document was signed by Lt. Gen Jagjit Singh Aurora and Pakistan's A. A. K. Niazi, and led to the surrender of 93,000 Pakistani soldiers — the world's largest surrender in terms of number of personnel since World War II. [7] [8] Despite the agreement, Pakistan did not formally recognize Bangladeshi sovereignty until February 1974. [9] [10]
"Zaroori Tha" by Rahat Fateh Ali Khan is the most-viewed Pakistani video on YouTube. It is also the first Pakistani video to reach 1 billion views. On the American video-sharing website YouTube, "Tajdar-e-Haram" sung by Atif Aslam became first Pakistani music video to cross 100 million views.
Major General Akbar Khan, DSO (1912–1993) was a decorated officer of the British Indian Army and later Pakistan Army. He commanded the Kashmiri rebels and Pashtun irregulars in the First Kashmir War under the pseudonym 'General Tariq'.
First, general discontent of Pakistani army officers with the performance of the Liaquat Ali Khan government, which they thought of as corrupt and incompetent. Second, the view of many Pakistani officers that the continuing presence of British officers in the Pakistan army was a security threat.
The Establishment (Urdu: اسٹیبلشمنٹ), also referred to as the military establishment, or deep state, is a term commonly used in Pakistan to describe the influence of the Pakistan Armed Forces, intelligence agencies, and associated pro-military entities within the country's governance structure.
From left, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Navy Adm. Mike Mullen and Rear Adm. Scott Van Buskirk, commander of Carrier Strike Group 9, speak with Chief of Army Staff Gen. Ashfaq Kayani and Maj. Gen. Ahmad Shuja Pasha, director general of military operations, on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) while under way in the northern part of the Arabian Sea on ...
However the general weakness of Pakistan Army defence around Sialkot and the fact that war was expected to break out over the international border, meant that the division would see only a few days of fighting before it was sent to Sialkot, where it would earn its spurs at a village called Chawinda. [4]
Army Welfare Trust (AWT) was established in 1971 as a society under the Societies Registration Act of 1860, with an initial endowment of Rs 0.7 million. [3] It became fully operational in 1977. [3] The first commercial unit of the trust was a stud farm located in Probyanabad which it received from Pakistan Army in 1972. [4] [5] [6]