Fauj definition

Fauj means ‘Army’ in Urdu, Pakistan’s national language. The Fauji Group was formed in 1954 as a welfare trust for ex-servicemen and their families. It has since grown to a massive listed and traded conglomerate with holdings as diverse
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Examples of Fauj in a sentence

  • Pakistan’s role to bring the Taliban to the negotiating table with the Americans is well known, and there’s no way that the Pak Fauj which has invested so much over these decades and lost innumerable lives will vanquish its influence and hard-earned gains in Afghanistan.

  • The policy calls for an Afghan polity which is subservient to the Pak Fauj and in the case of a conventional war with India, provides Pakistan with territorial depth deep inside Afghanistan to regroup, muster support and retaliate.

  • Though the introduction of nuclear weapons in the subcontinent is associated with the nullification of the policy of strategic depth, the Fauj under successive generals has continued to demonstrate its will to exert its influence in Afghanistan and continues to do so till this day.

  • The Pakistani support to the Afghan Taliban and its affiliates is a testament to the same policy through which the Fauj has reinforced its control over the Afghan polity and contained Indian influence in Afghanistan.