{"id":47767,"date":"2019-08-13T06:53:37","date_gmt":"2019-08-13T11:53:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=47767"},"modified":"2019-08-13T06:53:57","modified_gmt":"2019-08-13T11:53:57","slug":"pakistan-mobilizing-forces-at-kashmir-base-near-line-of-control-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=47767","title":{"rendered":"Pakistan Mobilizing Forces At Kashmir Base Near Line Of Control: Report"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/news\/2019-08-12\/pakistan-mobilizing-military-forces-kashmir-base-near-india-report\">Pakistan Mobilizing\u00a0Forces At Kashmir Base Near Line Of Control: Report<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>India&#8217;s&nbsp;<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.business-standard.com\/article\/news-ani\/pak-deploying-fighter-jets-to-skardu-near-ladakh-india-watching-closely-119081200225_1.html\">Business Standard<\/a>&nbsp;<\/em>is reporting&nbsp;<strong>a major mobilization of Pakistani military forces underway along the border with India<\/strong>, citing government sources which talked to Asia&#8217;s&nbsp;<em>ANI news agency<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The contested&nbsp;Kashmir region is on edge following&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/news\/2019-08-05\/kashmir-lockdown-india-strips-muslim-majority-region-autonomy-troops-move\">India last week<\/a>&nbsp;taking the unprecedented step of revoking Muslim-majority Jammu and Kashmir&#8217;s (J&amp;K) autonomous status amid a military crackdown involving deployment of tens of thousands of Indian troops to the region.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Three C-130 transport aircraft of the\u00a0Pakistan Air Force\u00a0were used on Saturday to ferry equipment to their Skardu air base opposite the Union Territory of\u00a0Ladakh.\u00a0The Indian agencies concerned are keeping a close eye on the movement of Pakistanis along the border areas,&#8221;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.business-standard.com\/article\/news-ani\/pak-deploying-fighter-jets-to-skardu-near-ladakh-india-watching-closely-119081200225_1.html\">sources told<\/a>\u00a0ANI.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/inline-images\/skardufile.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><figcaption><em>Skardu Airport, Gilgit-Baltistan in Pakistan, file image via Pinterest.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The report describes that the significant uptick in military logistical activity along the border is<strong>&nbsp;likely in support of fighter aircraft operations<\/strong>&nbsp;involving Islamabad moving its China-made advanced&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/nationalinterest.org\/blog\/buzz\/chinas-jf-17-fighter-pakistan%E2%80%99s-secret-weapon-against-indian-air-force-72441\">JF-17 fighter jets<\/a>&nbsp;to the Skardu air field.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Though<a href=\"https:\/\/www.business-standard.com\/article\/news-ani\/pak-deploying-fighter-jets-to-skardu-near-ladakh-india-watching-closely-119081200225_1.html\">&nbsp;the report<\/a>&nbsp;was neither confirmed nor denied by Pakistan&#8217;s military, it could indicate preparations for a military exercise&nbsp;along the border involving the Air Force and Army designed as a show of strength amid PM Imran Khan condemning Indian troop build-up across the border and removal of J&amp;K&#8217;s special status.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The day after on Monday a week ago India revoked&nbsp;Article 370, which is legally and historically&nbsp;what assured a high degree autonomy for the Indian administered&nbsp;Muslim-majority state, Pakistan&#8217;s army vowed to&nbsp;<strong>&#8220;go to any extent&#8221;<\/strong>&nbsp;to support Kashmiris amid an Indian military crackdown.&nbsp;<strong><em>&#8220;Pakistan Army firmly stands by the Kashmiris in their just struggle to the very end,&#8221;<\/em><\/strong>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-xl\/asia\/pakistan\/pakistan-army-chief-says-military-will-go-to-any-extent-to-support-kashmir-cause\/ar-AAFpWAo?li=BBP34wH\">said<\/a>&nbsp;General Qamar Javed Bajwa after an initial meeting of Pakistan&#8217;s leadership in response to the crisis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/LOC%20indiapak%20map1.png?itok=4V15JBZr\"><\/a>\u00a0\u2026click on the above link to read the rest of the article\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pakistan Mobilizing\u00a0Forces At Kashmir Base Near Line Of Control: Report India&#8217;s&nbsp;Business Standard&nbsp;is reporting&nbsp;a major mobilization of Pakistani military forces underway along the border with India, citing government sources which talked to Asia&#8217;s&nbsp;ANI news agency. 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