Lieutenant General Azhar Abbas, Hilal-i-Imtiaz (Military) established the context of operation in mountains along with challenges associated with it by explaining the relevance of operational and tactic terms to include Critical Space, Vital Ground, Line of Denial & Line of No Penetration. He dilated upon peculiarities of varying nature of terrain along Line of Actual Contact, Line of Control & Working Boundary with its effects on holding corps’ operations. The guest speaker unfolded the threat matrix in various scenarios with its likely manifestation and covered the response contours to include Quid-Pro-Quo, Limited Tactical Actions & actions by Small Action Teams. He also highlighted the role of logistics in successful conduct of operations.