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Pakistan committing collective suicide with Kashmir jihad obsession

Primeย Ministerย Narendraย Modiย delivered a stern warningย  to the Pakistan Army and its terrorist network during his address onย Julyย 26ย atย Drass,ย Kargil, of the occassion ofย theย 25th anniversary of Kargilย Vijayย Diwas.

“Pakistan hasย notย takenย anyย lessonsย fromย itsย past. Itย isย usingย horrorย asย aย meansย ofย tryingย toย stayย relevant. Iย amย speakingย todayย fromย aย locationย whereย theย terrorists’ย leadersย mayย hearย meย rightย upย close. Iย wantย toย makeย itย clearย toย thoseย whoย supportย terrorismย thatย theirย evilย schemesย willย neverย succeed. Withย allย ofย ourย might,ย ourย courageousย heartsย willย defeatย terrorism,ย andย theย adversaryย willย faceย anย equallyย shatteringย blow,” PM Modi said.

Regular units of the Pakistan Armyย carriedย outย theย militaryย actionย inย Kargil,ย notย terrorists. Pakistan attemptedย toย passย itย offย asย aย terroristย project,ย butย Indiaย foiledย thatย plan.

Despiteย this,ย Modiย wasย rightย toย sendย Pakistanย aย strongย messageย aboutย terrorismย atย thisย point,ย asย itย hasย sparkedย terrorismย inย theย Jammuย Divisionย ofย theย Unionย Territoryย ofย Jammuย andย Kashmir. Itย isย obviousย thatย Modiย wouldย haveย beenย thinkingย aboutย Pakistan’sย supportย ofย terrorismย inย Drassย onย Juneย 9,ย theย dayย ofย hisย swearing-in.ย Thisย includedย Reasi.

Pakistanย willย payย anyย priceย toย continueย usingย terrorismย asย aย meansย ofย subjugatingย India. Inย fact,ย itย isย refusingย toย changeย itsย stanceย onย terrorismย duringย thisย timeย whenย itsย economyย isย stillย inย suchย direย straitsย thatย itย hasย appliedย toย theย Internationalย Monetaryย Fund (IMF) forย financialย helpย forย theย 24thย timeย inย itsย history.

Pakistanย isย dealingย withย terrorismย whileย encouragingย itย againstย India,ย particularlyย inย theย provincesย ofย Khyber-Pakhtunkhwaย (KP)ย andย Balochistan. Theย Tehreek-e-Taliban-e-Pakistanย (TTP)ย andย otherย terroristย organizationsย thatย areย thoughtย toย haveย closeย tiesย toย orย areย TTPย proxiesย areย beingย opposedย byย theย country’sย securityย services. However,ย itย isย unwillingย toย haveย itsย securityย policyย changeย toย excludeย theย useย ofย terrorismย againstย India.

Theย generalsย ofย theย Pakistanย Armyย areย comparableย toย theย Frenchย Bourbonย family,ย whoseย ruleย markedย theย startย ofย theย Frenchย Revolutionย inย 1789. Itย wasย statedย ofย theย Bourbonsย thatย theyย rememberย nothingย andย learnย nothing! Theย generalsย of the Pakistan Army behave in theย same manner.

Onย Julyย 15,ย earlyย inย theย morning,ย terroristsย assaultedย theย Bannuย cantonmentย locatedย inย Khyberย Pakhtunkhwa. Theyย managedย toย penetrateย theย cantonmentย wallย andย killย eightย Pakistaniย securityย agencyย officersย inย theย ensuingย gunfight. Inย theย cantonment,ย 141ย moreย peopleย areย saidย toย haveย sufferedย injuries. Itย seemsย thatย theย terroristย strikeย claimedย theย livesย ofย someย civiliansย asย well. Tenย terroristsย wereย saidย toย haveย beenย killedย byย theย Pakistaniย army. Itย isย thoughtย thatย Jaishย Fursanย eย Muhammad,ย aย TTPย operative,ย claimedย responsibilityย forย thisย terroristย attack. Oneย wayย toย translateย theย wordย Fursanย isย “warriors.”

Terroristsย attackedย aย ruralย healthย centerย inย Deraย Ismailย Khanย oneย dayย afterย theย Bannuย incident,ย murderingย twoย mothers,ย twoย children,ย andย aย watchman. Theyย lostย threeย ofย theirย ownย andย killedย twoย securityย personnelย inย anย encounterย withย theย attackers.

Onย Julyย 19,ย anย IEDย detonatedย inย Southย Waziristan,ย killingย fourย persons. Theย sameย day,ย anย attackย atย theย Buddhistย archeologicalย siteย Takhtย Bahiย inย Mardanย resultedย inย theย deathย ofย aย policemanย andย theย injuriesย ofย twoย others. Butย theย mostย significantย eventย ofย thatย dayย happenedย inย Bannu. Merchantsย stagedย aย peacefulย march. The marchersย madeย theirย wayย acrossย toย theย cantonment from the stadium.ย  Theย specificsย ofย whatย transpiredย areย unclear,ย butย thereย wasย violenceย andย oneย personย died,ย alongย withย overย 20ย injuries. Theย securityย personnelย disputeย anyย firingย intoย theย throng.

Theย nationย wasย shockedย byย theseย terribleย happeningsย inย KP. Theย Pakistanย Tehreek-e-Insafย (PTI),ย ledย byย formerย primeย ministerย Imranย Khan,ย controlsย theย KPย government. Theย governorย ofย KPย beratedย theย provinceย forย itsย poorย stateย ofย lawย andย order,ย butย heย alsoย promisedย Islamabadย willย notย violateย theย willย ofย theย people. Theย army,ย however,ย believesย thatย theseย actionsย areย anย attemptย toย damageย itsย andย theย nation’sย reputation.

Thus,ย onย Julyย 22,ย Ltย Genย Ahmedย Sharifย Chaudhry,ย theย Director-Generalย ofย theย Interย Servicesย Publicย Relationsย (ISPR),ย gaveย anย hour-longย pressย conference. Itsย clearย goalย wasย toย communicateย thatย theย Pakistaniย army,ย inย theย midstย ofย theย newย Azm-e-Istehkamย (Resolveย forย Stability)ย campaign,ย isย effectivelyย fightingย terrorism. Chaudhry,ย however,ย insistedย againย andย timeย againย thatย otherย governmentย organizationsย hadย toย carryย outย theirย responsibilitiesย ifย stabilityย wasย toย beย restored.

Chaudhryย addedย duringย theย pressย conferenceย thatย sinceย theย startย ofย thisย year,ย Pakistaniย securityย forcesย haveย carriedย outย upย toย 22,904ย “smallย andย big”ย securityย operationsย againstย terrorists. 31ย ofย theย 398ย terroristsย thatย wereย slainย inย thisย incidentย wereย “highย value”ย targets. Theseย counterterrorismย operationsย hadย claimedย theย livesย ofย upย toย 137ย officersย andย jawans. Chaudhryย expressedย hisย disapprovalย ofย theย falseย narrativesย beingย constructedย inย oppositionย toย theย army’sย actions,ย particularlyย withย regardย toย Azm-e-Istehkam. Heย angrilyย refutedย claimsย thatย itย featuredย massiveย armyย campaignsย includingย massย populationย displacement. Heย saidย thatย theย necessityย forย suchย measuresย hadย beenย removedย byย theย accomplishmentsย ofย earlierย counterterrorismย initiatives.

Inย supportย ofย Azm-e-Istehkam,ย Chaudhryย statedย thatย theย Nationalย Apexย Committedย inย Juneย gaveย itsย approvalย forย theย operation. Theย leadersย ofย theย intelligenceย services,ย armyย brass,ย andย provinceย chiefย ministersย wereย presentย atย theย conference,ย whichย wasย presidedย overย byย Primeย Ministerย Shehbazย Sharif. Theย operationย hadย informational,ย political,ย diplomatic,ย andย socioeconomicย componentsย inย additionย toย militaryย action.

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Therefore,ย heย wasย tryingย toย emphasizeย thatย aย whole-governmentย strategyย wasย required. Heย addedย thatย Sharifย hadย statedย thatย itย wasย essentialย toย theย existenceย andย welfareย ofย theย country. Heย emphasizedย thatย nobodyย couldย beย permittedย toย contestย theย state’sย writ. Someย ofย Chaudhry’sย remarksย duringย theย pressย conferenceย hintedย thatย theย armyย stillย despisesย theย PTIย becauseย heย alsoย mentionedย Mayย 9,ย 2023.

Three points in Chaudhryโ€™s response:

  • Pakistan wasย dealingย withย aย criminal-terroristย networkย thatย wasย unwillingย toย letย thingsย improve. Thisย allianceย desiredย openย bordersย withย Afghanistanย soย thatย smugglingย couldย goย on. Heย saidย thatย Afghanistan’sย transitย tradeย grewย whenย Pakistanย tightenedย importย restrictions. Itย wasย evidentย thatย thisย meantย itemsย thatย wereย forbiddenย fromย enteringย Pakistanย directlyย enteredย viaย Afghanistan. Amongย themย wereย automobiles,ย whichย terroristsย alsoย utilized. Theย truthย isย thatย lifeย alongย theย Durandย Lineย revolvesย aroundย smuggling,ย andย theย Pakistaniย governmentย canย neverย closeย everyย availableย gap. Thisย hasย alsoย toย doย withย theย flowย ofย drugsย fromย Afghanistanย intoย andย viaย Pakistan. Itย isย possibleย thatย certainย topย armyย officersย areย involvedย inย theย drugย trade. Inย fact,ย it’sย possibleย thatย someย ISIย factionsย useย theย moneyย theyย earnย fromย theย drugย tradeย toย fundย orย launchย terroristย attacksย inย otherย nations,ย includingย India.
  • Chaudhryย expressedย hisย vehementย dissatisfactionย towardsย “digitalย terrorists”ย thatย propagateย aggressive,ย negative,ย andย harmfulย narrativesย againstย theย Pakistaniย army,ย economy,ย andย government. Theirย aimย wasย toย supportย theย terroristsย inย theirย endeavors. Theyย intendedย toย disseminateย negativityย throughoutย Pakistan. Itย isย evidentย thatย usingย kineticย forceย againstย themย isย notย theย solution. Inย orderย toย stopย fakeย newsย fromย spreading,ย itย wasย necessaryย toย deployย bothย technologyย andย legalย measuresย toย battleย them. Naturally,ย inย thisย dayย andย ageย ofย increasinglyย potentย artificialย intelligenceย capabilities,ย allย ofย thisย isย easierย saidย thanย done.
  • Accordingย toย Chaudhry,ย Indiaย wasย waitingย forย Pakistan’sย armyย andย institutionsย toย deteriorateย soย thatย itย couldย carryย outย eventsย (wardat). Theseย chargesย areย absurd. Thoughย strategically,ย India’sย focusย hasย clearlyย shiftedย fromย Pakistanย toย China.ย Indiaย stillย needsย toย confrontย andย defeatย theย Pakistaniย terroristย threat. Pakistanย findsย thisย extremelyย upsetting,ย asย itsย basicย tenetย isย “equality”ย betweenย “Hindu”ย Indiaย andย “Muslim”ย Pakistan. Itย wasย aย logicalย consequenceย ofย theย two-nationย idea,ย butย itย wasย alwaysย aย foolishย perspectiveย onย India-Pakistanย ties. Pakistanย hasย neverย beenย atย peaceย withย India’sย secularism.

The Pakistan Army needย toย realiseย thatย normalisingย relationsย withย Indiaย isย theย onlyย wayย theirย nationย canย trulyย prosperย inย theย future. Itย willย constantlyย beย inย anย economic,ย social,ย andย politicalย ICUย andย onย aย dripย ifย itย maintainsย itsย animosityย towardย India.

 

 

 

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