The 34th Light Infantry Division, also known as Special Security Division (SSD), is a 2-star Pakistan Army formation, raised in September 2016 as a response to major concerns over how to protect the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) and its workforce from serious internal and external threats.[2][3][4][5]
SSD has also bore the brunt of attacks by Baloch and Sindhi separatists.[6][7]
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