As pressure mounted upon the military leadership of the nuclear armed, world’s fifth largest army to liberate Occupied Kashmir, the Corps Commanders Conference of 17 June 2020 “resolved to continue thwarting Indian designs and expose Indian targeting of innocent civilians in Kashmir and open support to terrorist outfits” [No PR-94/2020-ISPR].

Pakistan’s number of Covid-19 cases have now surpassed those of China, which was the global center of the outbreak and whose population is almost five times larger. The hospitals have become overwhelmed with cases of Coronavirus disease, with shortages in ventilators for the severely ill and an increase in infections amongst doctors and nurses through lack of protection.

Effectively abdicating itself of responsibility over Indian Occupied Kashmir, the Bajwa-Imran regime confines itself to threats of retaliation over attacks across the Line of Control. The Director General of ISPR on 3 June 2020 cautioned the Hindu State to “not play with fire,” by undertaking military adventurism. However, mere threats failed to deter the year-long military adventurism that the Hindu State has already undertaken in Occupied Kashmir.

However, the issue of moon sighting remained controversial between conflicting limbs of the government itself. Undermining the government appointed Central Ruet-e-Hilal (Crescent Moon Sighting) Committee, the Federal Minister of Science and Technology, Fawad Chaudhry, asserted that the division amongst the Muslims with regard to the sighting of moon is because of rigid adherence to sighting by the naked eye, claiming that it can be resolved by adopting a scientific approach.