[Pakistan Observer: earlier report of nine promotions] → https://pakobserver.net/nine-pakistan-army-major-generals-promoted-to-rank-of-lieutenant-general/
[Pakistan Observer: reported corps appointments] → https://pakobserver.net/full-profiles-of-new-corps-commanders-for-peshawar-lahore-quetta-and-multan-corps/
[Daily Pakistan: reported Lahore, Peshawar and CGS appointments] → https://en.dailypakistan.com.pk/02-Oct-2026/lt-gen-naeem-named-new-peshawar-corps-commander-lt-gen-umer-bashir-gets-lahore-corps
[APP: March 2020 promotion board] → https://www.app.com.pk/national/pakistan-army-promotes-36-brigadiers-to-major-general/
[United Nations: Jawwad Ahmed’s MINURSO appointment] → https://pakistan.un.org/en/321107-media-update-united-nations-pakistan-17-august-2026
[Constitutional text: armed-forces oath, historical consolidated edition] → https://www.constituteproject.org/constitution/Pakistan_2017
[National Assembly: constitutional editions and downloads] → https://na.gov.pk/en/downloads.php
[Brown University: direct war deaths] → https://costsofwar.watson.brown.edu/paper/human-cost-post-911-wars-direct-war-deaths-major-war-zones
[Brown University: Afghan civilian deaths from airstrikes] → https://costsofwar.watson.brown.edu/paper/afghanistans-rising-civilian-death-toll-due-airstrikes-2017-2020
[Reuters via Euronews: Bajwa’s 2019 extension] → https://www.euronews.com/2019/08/19/pakistan-army-chief-gets-three-year-extension
[Internal reading: Pakistan Army myths] → https://zorayskhalid.com/pakistan-army-myths/
[Internal reading: Pakistan’s Afghan border crises] → https://zorayskhalid.com/pakistan-afghan-border-crises/
[Internal reading: Pakistani democracy] → https://zorayskhalid.com/pakistani-democracy/
