New Delhi, May 9 (UNI) Amid rising tensions with Pakistan, the Central government has authorised the Chief of the Army Staff to call out officer and every enrolled person of the Territorial Army to assist or supplement the regular Army, if required.

A notification dated May 6 said, “In exercise of the powers conferred by Rule-33 of the Territorial Army Rule 1948, the Central government empowers Chief of the Army Staff to exercise the powers under that rule to call out every officer and every enrolled person of the Territorial Army to provide for essential guard or to be embodied for the purpose of supporting or supplementing the regular army”.