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II Corps (Pakistan)

Index II Corps (Pakistan)

The II Corps, known as II Strike Corps or Army Reserve South, is army corps of Pakistan Army stationed in Multan, Punjab Province of Pakistan. [1]

34 relations: Active duty, Awards and decorations of the Pakistan Armed Forces, Battle of Longewala, Corps, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, General officer, Hamid Gul, India, Indo-Pakistani War of 1971, Ishfaq Nadeem Ahmad, Jehangir Karamat, Kargil War, Khwaja Wasiuddin, Lieutenant general, Mountain warfare, Muhammad Shariff, Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq, Multan, Multan District, Okara City, Operation Zalzala, Pakistan Army, Punjab, Pakistan, Rahimuddin Khan, Raja Saroop Khan, Sarfraz Sattar, Shamim Alam Khan, South Asia, Three-star rank, Tikka Khan, War in North-West Pakistan, War in North-West Pakistan order of battle, Yusaf Khan, 2001–02 India–Pakistan standoff.

Active duty

Active duty is a full-time occupation as part of a military force, as opposed to reserve duty.

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Awards and decorations of the Pakistan Armed Forces

The awards and decorations of the Pakistan Armed Forces recognize a service member's service and personal accomplishments while a member of the Pakistan armed forces.

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Battle of Longewala

The Battle of Longewala (4–7 December 1971) was one of the first major engagements in the western sector during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971, fought between assaulting Pakistani forces and Indian defenders at the Indian border post of Longewala, in the Thar Desert of Rajasthan state in India.

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Corps

Corps (plural corps; via French, from the Latin corpus "body") is a term used for several different kinds of organisation.

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Federally Administered Tribal Areas

The Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA; قبایلي سیمې، منځنۍ پښتونخوا; وفاقی منتظم شدہ قبائیلی علاقہ جات) was a semi-autonomous tribal region in northwestern Pakistan that existed from 1947 until being merged with neighboring province Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, in 2018.

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General officer

A general officer is an officer of high rank in the army, and in some nations' air forces or marines.

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Hamid Gul

Hamid Gul (حمید گل‎; 20 November 1936 – 15 August 2015) HI(M), SBt, was a three-star rank army general in the Pakistan Army and defence analyst.

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India

India (IAST), also called the Republic of India (IAST), is a country in South Asia.

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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 liberation war in East Pakistan from 3 December 1971 to the fall of Dacca (Dhaka) on 16 December 1971.

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Ishfaq Nadeem Ahmad

Lieutenant-General Ishfaq Nadeem Ahmad (Urdu: اشفاق ندیم احمد) HI(M), is retired Pakistani army general who held command of the II Corps of the Pakistan Army.

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Jehangir Karamat

General Jehangir Karamat (Urdu: جہانگیر کرامت; born 20 February 1941), is a retired four-star rank army general, diplomat, public intellectual, and a former professor of political science at the National Defense University.

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Kargil War

The Kargil War (करगिल युद्ध, kargil yuddh, کرگل جنگ kargil jang), also known as the Kargil conflict, was an armed conflict between India and Pakistan that took place between May and July 1999 in the Kargil district of Kashmir and elsewhere along the Line of Control (LOC).

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Khwaja Wasiuddin

Khwaja Wasiuddin (1920–1992) was a Bangladeshi army officer and diplomat.

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Lieutenant general

Lieutenant general, lieutenant-general and similar (abbrev Lt Gen, LTG and similar) is a three-star military rank (NATO code OF-8) used in many countries.

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Mountain warfare

Mountain warfare refers to warfare in the mountains or similarly rough terrain.

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Muhammad Shariff

General Muhammad Shariff (Urdu:محمد شريف February 22 1921– August 6 1999), was a four-star rank army general in the Pakistan Army who was the first Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee, serving in this post from 1976 until tendering his resignation in 1977 over the disagreement with the military takeover of the civilian government by the Pakistani military.

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Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq

Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq (12 August 1924 – 17 August 1988) was a Pakistani four-star general who served as the 6th President of Pakistan from 1978 until his death in 1988, after declaring martial law in 1977.

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Multan

Multan (Punjabi, Saraiki, مُلتان), is a Pakistani city and the headquarters of Multan District in the province of Punjab.

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Multan District

Multan District (ضِلع مُلتان), is a district in the Punjab province of Pakistan.

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Okara City

Okara (Punjabi, اوکاڑا), is the capital city of Okara District in the Punjab province of Pakistan.

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Operation Zalzala

The Operation Zalzala (English: Operation Earthquake), was a Pakistan Army military offensive manhunt and a counter-insurgent operation that was commenced on January 18 of 2008.

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Pakistan Army

Pakistan Army (پاک فوج Pak Fauj (IPA: pɑk fɒ~ɔd͡ʒ); Reporting name: PA) is the land-based force of the Pakistan Armed Forces.

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Punjab, Pakistan

Punjab (Urdu, Punjabi:, panj-āb, "five waters") is Pakistan's second largest province by area, after Balochistan, and its most populous province, with an estimated population of 110,012,442 as of 2017.

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Rahimuddin Khan

Rahimuddin Khan (born 21 July 1924) is a retired four-star general of the Pakistan Army who served as Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee from 1984 to 1987, after serving as the 7th Governor of Balochistan from 1978 to 1984.

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Raja Saroop Khan

Lieutenant General Raja Saroop Khan (راجہ سروپ خان.) is a career Pakistan Army officer who served as the Governor of Punjab from 1995 to 1996.

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Sarfraz Sattar

Lieutenant-General Sarfraz Sattar (Urdu: سرفراز ستار) HI(M) is three star Pakistani army general who currently holds the post of Director General Strategic Plans Division(Strategic Plans Division Force).

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Shamim Alam Khan

General Shamim Allam Khan Urdu: شميم ىالم; b. 18 August 1937),, is a retired four-star rank army general in the Pakistan Army, who served as the Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee, appointed in this capacity in 1991 until retiring on 1994.

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South Asia

South Asia or Southern Asia (also known as the Indian subcontinent) is a term used to represent the southern region of the Asian continent, which comprises the sub-Himalayan SAARC countries and, for some authorities, adjoining countries to the west and east.

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Three-star rank

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.

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Tikka Khan

General Tikka Khan (ٹِکّا خان), (February 1915 – 28 March 2002),, was a four-star rank army general in the Pakistan Army who served as the first chief of army staff from 3 March 1972 till retiring on 1 March 1976.

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War in North-West Pakistan

The War in North-West Pakistan, also known as the War in Waziristan, is an armed conflict involving Pakistan, and armed militant groups such as the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), Jundallah, Lashkar-e-Islam (LeI), TNSM, al-Qaeda, and their Central Asian allies such as the ISIL–Khorasan (ISIL), Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan, East Turkistan Movement, Emirate of Caucasus, and elements of organized crime.

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War in North-West Pakistan order of battle

The North-Western Contingent order of battle (NWPORBAT; officially order of battle is known as "Tri-services framework (TSW)") is the comprehensive deposition and systematic structure of the unified Pakistan military forces in tackling down and controlling the insurgency in Western Pakistan.

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Yusaf Khan

Muhammad Yusaf Khan (محمد یوسف خان) (born February 10, 1948), is a retired four-star general of the Pakistan Army who served as the Vice Chief of Army Staff (VCOAS) from October 8, 2001 until October 7, 2004.

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2001–02 India–Pakistan standoff

The 2001–2002 India–Pakistan standoff was a military standoff between India and Pakistan that resulted in the massing of troops on either side of the border and along the Line of Control (LoC) in the region of Kashmir.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/II_Corps_(Pakistan)

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