Pakistan Army Officers Are Posted in Chinese Army’s Western, Southern Theatre Commands
Pakistan Army officers are being deployed in the formation headquarters of China’s People Liberation Army (PLA) as a part of an intelligence-sharing association between the 2 international locations, intelligence inputs have instructed.
As per the inputs, Pakistan Liaison Officers have been posted in the headquarters of China’s Western Theatre Command and Southern Theatre Command.
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The PLA’s important Western Theatre Command takes care of the nation’s borders with India, together with Xinjiang and the Tibet Autonomous Region. Last month, China had appointed General Wang Haijiang as the brand new commander of the Western Theatre Command.
Despite the continued disengagement between Indian and Chinese troops alongside the Line of Actual Control, a lot of Chinese troops from this command proceed to be deployed in the jap Ladakh area, authorities sources have advised News18.com.
The Southern Theatre Command of the PLA takes care of the particular administrative areas of Hong Kong, Macau amongst others.
Latest intelligence inputs additionally recommend that Colonel-rank officers of the Pakistan Army have been posted on the Joint Staff Department of the Central Military Commission — which is chargeable for fight planning, coaching and technique of China’s armed forces — and on the Ministry of State Security.
China’s state-owned Global Times states the Ministry of State Security underneath the State Council of China is chargeable for counter-espionage and political safety.
As per the inputs, round 10 further Pakistan Army officers, other than defence attaches, are additionally posted in the Pakistan embassy in Beijing for procurement-related initiatives.
As per safety sources, the variety of Pakistan Army officers in PLA formations has elevated manifold, and thus speaks of the shut coordination between the 2 international locations.
As per a report in Pakistan’s Dawn in 2016, Pakistan had arrange a particular safety division with 9,000 troopers and 6,000 personnel of its paramilitary forces for the safety of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) and these concerned in the work.
In 2019, the Pakistan Army had mentioned that it’s going to elevate a divisional power of particular troops to guard Chinese residents and the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) initiatives, referring to the venture as an affidavit to the friendship between Pakistan and China.
A senior authorities official advised News18.com that India is retaining a detailed watch on the developments. “In view of the regular assistance being provided by the Pakistan Army to CPEC and Chinese nationals, the posting of a Pakistan LO will help obviate issues which may crop up between the two countries,” the official mentioned. “It will also help in greater acquaintance with each other’s armies and style of functioning.”
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