Ahead of 5 August, the Pakistan army held a crucial Corps Commander-level meeting on Tuesday focusing on Kashmir, reported the Tribune.
The newspaper claimed that the meeting was part of a review of Pakistan’s operational preparedness in the wake of “external and internal security threats,” and was held at General Headquarters (GHQ) in Rawalpindi, chaired by Army Chief Gen. Qamar Javed Bajwa.
Last year, on 5 August, the Government of India revoked Jammu and Kashmir’s special status and imposed a months-long clampdown.
Director-General of Inter-Services Public Relations, Major General Asif Gafoor disclosed in a tweet late Tuesday evening that the 233rd Corps Commanders’ Conference, presided over COAS Gen. Bajwa at GHQ, “reviewed operational readiness and evolving threat spectrum in the context of external and security of the country.”
He spoke of maintaining “high level of combat readiness particularly in the wake of the regional security situation”, and said that the Corps Commanders Conference took “special note of continued atrocities” in the Indian part of J&K as “illegal actions of August 5, 2019, complete one year next month, forum paid rich tributes to brave Kashmiris for their legitimate struggle for freedom.”
The Corps Commanders forum is the most powerful institution in the Pakistan Army that guides policy decisions ranging from participation in foreign projects to fighting locusts, the newspaper wrote.