Operation Azm-e-Istehkam

Operation Azm-e-Istehkam
Part of the Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, the Insurgency in Balochistan, Counter-Terrorism in Pakistan and the War on Terror
Date 22 June 2024  – present (2 weeks) Location Pakistan Result Ongoing
Belligerents
Pakistan	Jihadist groups Baloch Separatist groups
Commanders and leaders
Shehbaz Sharif Asim Munir	Noor Wali Mehsud Bashir Zeb Nazar Baloch
Units involved
Pakistan Armed Forces  Pakistan Army  Pakistan Air Force  Pakistan Navy Civil Armed Forces Pakistan Levies Frontier Corps Pakistan Rangers Pakistan Coast Guards Gilgit Baltistan Scouts Frontier Constabulary Pakistan Police Counter Terrorism Department Balochistan Levies Pakistani Intelligence community NACTA ISI IB MI FIA FIU SB	Jihadist groups Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan Lashkar-e-Jhangvi Turkestan Islamic Party al-Qaeda Haqqani network Baloch Separatist groups Baloch Liberation Army Baloch Liberation Front
Strength
Unknown as of yet	Several thousand
Casualties and losses
Unknown as of yet	Unknown as of yet Unknown as of yet

Operation Azm-e-Istehkam (Urdu: آپریشن عزم استحکام) is a counter-insurgency operation launched by the government of Pakistan in June 2024.^[1] The operation was approved by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif.^[2] The operation will not only include military action, but socio-economic uplift to deter extremism.^[3]