Pakistan to create new force in military to supervise missiles after India conflict


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  • Thursday, 14 Aug 2025

A Pakistani flag flutters over iron scaffoldings as a labourer works at a construction site on the eve of Pakistan's Independence Day celebrations, in Lahore, Pakistan August 13, 2025. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro/File Photo

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) -Pakistan will create a new force in the military to supervise missile combat capabilities in a conventional conflict, apparently a move to match the neighbouring arch-rival India.

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif announced the creation of the Army Rocket Force late Wednesday at a ceremony held in Islamabad to commemorate the worst conflict in decades with India in May.

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