Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Muna 1969, Mutungamiri Yahya Khan akasarudza kuita shanduko dzehutungamiri muuto nekugadza Gen. Abdul Hamid Khan seMukuru weVashandi veMasoja (ACOS) wePakistan Army, uyo akaisa hutungamiri muRawalpindi muhofisi huru inozivikanwa se "High Command". Kubvira muna 1967 kusvika muna 1969, mauto makuru akawanda akaitwa nemapoka ehondo pamuganhu wePakistan neIndia. Muna 1970, basa rechiuto reuto rePakistan muJordani rakashumwa kuva rinobatanidzwa mu
kurwisa uye kudzvinyirira kupinda kwevaPalestine muJordani. Muna Chikumi 1971, kunyoreswa muuto kwakabvumidza mauto GHQ muRawalpindi kusimudza nekumisikidza 18th Infantry Division, yakamira muHyderabad, Sindh, yekudzivirira kubva kuRahimyar Khan kuenda kuRann yeKutch, uye yakamutsiridza 23rd Infantry Division yekudzivirira Chhamb-Dewa Sector.