It can safely be expected that the weakness and instability of the political coalition will bestow greater significance on the domestic role of the Pakistan Army and could even see the coalition in Islamabad acceding to all “requests” of the Pakistan Army.“LeT had worked in close coordination with the ISI, which also provided support to launch the militants across the border” Dr. Khalid Mehmood Soomroo of the Jamiat-e-Islam asks: “Is there a single militant training centre in Pakistan which can operate without the consent of the Pakistan army?” The are numerous training camps in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (POK).The more India talks in front of the whole world about it, the more denials come from Pakistan, in the light of these facts, it i...
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Although the reader does agree with the point that the cost of this all is immense that Pakistan is still paying yet does not find the explanation of the double game Pakistan government wanted to play with.A five-year forecast” Pervaiz Hoodbhoy explains the perception of decline of Pakistan by the extremist threat in the US and inside Pakistan.To save the nation, Pakistan political leadership and army must face the extremist threat, something they have finally begun to do.Pakistan did help them fighting in the war in Afghanistan but they didn’t know the plan of Taliban’s to eradicate the radical system from society and implement Shariah throughout the country, fortunately which is not going to happen, according to the author, until army ...
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This threatened the future of the US ‘war on terror’ and the existence of Pakistan itself.The Pakistan Army has been accused of assigning only Shia Muslims soldiers in Wasristan.Fundamentalism and socio-economic backwardness have always been the root causes of terrorism in Pakistan.The dual policy of Pakistan, of supporting war on terror with the US overtly and supporting fundamentalists group covertly, is the reason for the failure of military actions.The Army and the ISI govern Pakistan instead of serving their country.
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The War against Terrorism Is Look like The War Against Muslim .The War against Terrorism Is a Hidden Policy of the Super .Pervez Musharraf the President of Pakistan Declared a True Sincere Friend of America.After That America Attack on Iraq and Defeated Iraqi Army and Captured Hold on Iraq.Many Countries Join USA Struggle And the War against Terrorism Has Been Started.
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He started his book with the role of Indian Army in new millennium and started first of all from the historical evolution of Army in India.He also discussed the intelligence agencies structure of India and Pakistan.He says that after becoming army chief, he tried to raise the standard of Indian army for meeting 21st century challenges and promotion of games in the country.After reading the book one might get impression that the Pakistan is causing problems for India.The author presents his view while showing a clear bias towards Pakistan.
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America got dragged into this war and Pakistan along with it.All citizens of Pakistan must propagate moderate vibrant culture of Pakistan to promote good will of world community and shun misconstrued beliefs.That war effected Pakistan very much.• Parliament must debate Pakistan’s present relationship with the US, with particular reference to the American war in Afghanistan and operations in Pakistan.The war has spread to every nook and corner of Pakistan.
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In this assignment my aim is to give account on the meaning of terrorism, background of terrorism the 9/11 tragedy and its repercussions, Pakistan become an ally of the US in the war against terrorism.Pakistan put its army on alert ahead of a possible US attack on neighbouring Afghanistan over last week’s terror attacks.Express News reported in Islamabad that Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Chairman Imran Khan claimed on Sunday that Pakistan was spending Rs90 billion per month in the war on terror.The world also looks at Pakistan with anxiety and suspicion as Pakistan claim unrivalled distinction of having captured the largest number of Al-Quaida operatives and handing them over to the US.Due to the geographical proximity of Pakistan with Afgha...
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Ever since Pakistan joined hands with America on war on terrorism, it has plunged into a dilemma.Impact on Pakistan There has been a huge impact of this war on the people of Pakistan.International officials accused Pakistan of providing a continuous support to Taliban but Pakistan claims to have dropped the support after 9/11.Role of Pakistan (how it all began) Pakistan has been a strong ally of USA in the war on terrorism.This war on terror has greatly changed and shaped the relations between USA and Pakistan for the better or for worse.
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As on today there exists many challenges for the Pakistan Army which incorporate both internal and external threats and the army has to deal with these causative factors which are likely to destabilize the state.For a better tomorrow army and ISI needs to realign its effort in one direction i.e in tackling with these organization otherwise it will be a long drawn war straining the Pakistan Army in counter insurgency operation in own land.The overbearing role of the Pakistan army on their civil counterparts has led the army to have great economic interest who have beneficiaries in firstly, army as an institution, secondly subsidiary institutions like the Fauji Foundation(FF), Army Welfare Trust(AWT), Shaheen Foundation and Bahria Foundati...
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India blames Pakistan based militants and breaks off talks with Pakistan.India and Pakistan have contrary regimes, India believes in democracy and Pakistan has had non-democratically elected governments or rather military rule.The death of Muhammad Ali Jinnah in 1948, the conflict with India over the Princely State of Kashmir, as well as ethnic and religious differences within Pakistan itself, all combined to stump early attempts to agree on a constitution and an effectively functioning civil government in Pakistan.Armed raiders from the North-West Frontier Province of Pakistan entered the territory of Maharaja Hari Singh of Kashmir, who was yet undecided on the issue of accession to either India or Pakistan.The Pakistanis felt that he h...
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The Army which is the ultimate controlling authority in Pakistan is ruled and dominated by Punjab and would always like to control the politics of Pakistan to its own advantage.In the longer term, the breakup of Pakistan is possible, but breakup would be preceded by the disintegration of the army, either after a war, through ethnic and sectarian differences, or the splitting of the army by some Punjabi political movement.With non-state actors gaining prominence in the state, the traditional friends of Pakistan like China and Saudi Arabia will insulate controlling authorities of their respective areas and Pakistan will splinter into smaller Pakistans.The Pakistan created on 14 August 1947 broke apart in an acrimonious war in 1971 into Ban...
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Pakistan Pakistan has allowed the use of three airfields by the coalition forces operating inside Afghanistan.But it has yet to take a formal position on the U.S.-led attacks; saying they were an issue on which the Arab nations as a whole must formulate a stance.Philippines Troops: 660 U.S. soldiers are aiding the Philippine army, including groups of 12 Special Forces soldiers attached to 10 Philippine army battalions.Both sides committed themselves to being part of the U.S.-led global coalition against terror, and rejected attempts by Osama bin Laden to link the attacks to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict.Palestinian and Israeli leaders all condemned of the U.S. attacks, labelling them as unacceptable terrorism.
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As far as the myth goes no country besides the United States and a couple of allies such as Pakistan gained from the war on terror.Due to this, our GDP was inflated because most of the investment that was coming into the country was due to the fact that a military dictator was in power who was a pro-West leader and comparatively at that point in time, the situation in Pakistan with regard to suicide attacks was not as bad as it is now and lastly, Pakistan did not have a major energy shortage.He provides historical accounts of terrorism and sheds light on different types of terrorism that we see today such as: religious terrorism, nationalistic terrorism, state terrorism and revolutionary terrorism.India needs arms to protect its border a...
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It has become a general perception in Pakistan that U.S government neither interested to establish long term bilateral economic relationship with Pakistan nor it will support the democratic government in Pakistan.Most of the American aid money has gone to modernize the military because all U.S assistance is conditional to Pakistan and the U.S Congress approved this aid on the required certification by president Jorge W. Bush that Pakistan will continue its support on antiterrorism war, establishment of democracy and not to export nuclear technology.Although, Pakistan and U.S government mutually had the feelings of mistrust and the US media was presenting Pakistan as a promoter of terrorism10,President Musharraf did an effective job of re...
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So, a military operation was done by the Pakistan Army.As a result of terrorism, Pakistan has got a bad image and most of the foreigners have stopped visiting or have left this country.The effect of this is that the terrorists of Taliban have also started attacking Pakistan.Poverty, illiteracy, social inequality too are causes of terrorism.Pakistan is with America against the Taliban.
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Further arrest of a Pakistan army Major for his links with Headley and Rana are bound to raise questions on LeT’s continuing links with the military as an institution, but with the sections within it, especially because the Major retired only two years ago.But this is difficult unless Pakistan India conflict is reduced in intensity.If ISI which had nurtured LeT to wage a proxy war against India, has cut itself from the group as claimed and was not involved in the attack, what stops Pakistan from effectively cracking on it?India considers Pakistan responsible for fomenting terrorism in Punjab and Kashmir.In their calculus, hurting India would buy even more tickets for heaven than hurting Pakistan.
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Fidayeen (Suicide Squad) Attacks in Pakistan since 2002.Analysts are convinced that the groups do not attack the state of Pakistan –at least directly, in exchange for political cover inside Pakistan, which Pakistan denies.Elements of fugitive al-Qaeda as well as those of Afghan Taliban, together with other terrorist groups, have made the tribal areas of Pakistan (the lawless region along the border between Afghanistan and Pakistan) their abode and now closely collaborate with a wide variety of militant groups operating from Pakistan.S as a vital ally in war on terrorism beginning September 11, 2001, experts say Pakistan has received harsh retribution on its policy of supporting militants operating abroad.For example, groups seeking seces...
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Take Islam out of Pakistan and make it a secular, it would collapse’.According to Zia: ‘Pakistan is like Israel, an ideological state.In addition to this added fuel to fire was when people like Osama bin laden took training and made their terrorist party and did attacks Pakistan came on social media as head of terrorism.Pakistan got destabilized as pessimism spread among Pakistanis.Moreover, step taken by Zia under the title of Islam was letting Americans give people training to fight against Russians in Afghanistan by taking aid from America and based its army budget on that aid and handicapped army for coming years to come.
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Pakistan has refused Washington’s demand to take action against LeT until Islamabad’s relations with New Delhi improve and has also turned down Interpol’s request to arrest JeM chief Maulana Masood Azhar.Indian defence minister once alleged that there are forty-two terror camps in Pakistan and all the terrorist camps are active.While the army is battling the Taliban in the FATA, it protects militant groups in Punjab for the sake of its own “strategic depth” in the Kashmir conflict, even as these groups hamper peace between Pakistan and India and could spark a war between the two nuclear states.Muhammad Ilyas Kashmiri, a Punjabi militant leader known as the chief operational commander and strategist of Al Qaeda in Pakistan, was once a Pak...
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A concerned Zardari put the army on high alert.37 The Pakistan Air Force swiftly moved their defence aircrafts forward to the bases on the eastern front.Butwithin days Pakistan made a volte-face; Pakistan PresidentZardari on CNN-IBN’s Devil’s Advocate program (a prime time television program hosted by karan thapar, an eminent journalist) called itmiscommunication: “There was a miscommunication... the terrorist institutions –Harkat-ul-Mujahideen, Jaish-e-Mohammad, LeT, and a few off shoots–came into existence to fight the Soviet troops, during the cold war period,in Afghanistan during1980s with support from Pakistan.A Newspaper from Pakistan was analyzed because the incident was organized in Pakistan and India alleged Pakistan state conn...
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Thus the war on terror prevented an economic crisis which was bound to engulf Pakistan.It will be unfair to say that war on terror has been a complete disaster for Pakistan.War on terror was the stimulus for improving diplomatic relations between Pakistan and the European nations.Pakistan has been accused of playing a “double-game”, whereby Pakistan pretends to assist United States but secretly support terrorist groups like Al-Qaeda and Taliban.“Seemingly” war on terror appears beneficial for Pakistan.
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The main purpose of suicide terrorism in Pakistan is to use the threat of punishment to coerce the government to change polices about America, war against terrorism and to stop the operation in Waziristan.The new dimensions of terrorism include the suicide terrorism.The main targets of suicide attacks in Pakistan are security agencies i.e.Especially for Pakistan and generally for the whole world, the black storm of terrorism covers the whole scenario of Pakistan.Most of the suicide terrorism is undertaken as a strategic directed towards achieving particular political goals.
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The sharp Western policy`s diplomatic actions and a prevention from a nuclear war stopped Indian and Pakistan from being proactive.The only exception is the Bangladesh war in 1971 where Pakistan was completely defeated.Pakistan refused stating the people would not vote sincerely with the presence of the Indian army.Fanatic terrorists attack India in direct and indirect ways to show the world that Kashmir is a part of Pakistan.The Indian subcontinent was divided into West Pakistan, India and East Pakistan.
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The chapter 17, “The Quest for Democracy” makes a brief and superficial survey of constitutional developments, and government and politics in Pakistan.Through the medium of this book he intends to convey to the people of Pakistan what he has accomplished for his country, and to the world community, how he has endeavored to counter the forces of extremism and obscurantism that have brought bad name to Pakistan.The recent scandal concerning the sale of Pakistan Still Mills, the sugar crisis and uncontrollable inflationary trends are black spots on the management of Pakistan’s economy.The part three, “The Hijacking Drama”, chapter 12, “Plane to Pakistan”, contains detail of what happened on board flight PK 805, which was bringing Musharraf ...
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The coalition between Pakistan and United State After major event of 9/11 in War against terrorism and at the result of this coalition emergence of Talibanization in the tribal areas of Pakistan is also the main theme of this chapter.Pakistan is the front line state of American anti-terror war and important Muslim country Pakistan had many aspects to study.It also focuses on that Talibanization has spread more and more into the tribal area of Pakistan and is mainly represented as an extremist, armed violence and mass participation, which will seriously affect the political stability and security in Pakistan .Chapter 3: Talibanization in Pakistan created Security threat for Pakistan .This study tells that how the Talibanization concept ha...
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During this war a new wave of terrorism entered in Pakistan that harmed Pakistan badly.During 1965 war, America did not provided any help to Pakistan regardless of having strong economic and strategic ties.It facilitated them with strategic assistance and sent its army corps to the East Pakistan.During this war Pakistan open heartedly helped its brother country by providing shelter to the afghan refugees.Most nearest water route is through Pakistan so it needs Pakistan for its trade.
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‘Throughout the Soviet/Afghan War the Research and Analysis Wing was responsible for the planning and execution of terrorist activities in Pakistan to deter Pakistan from support of Afghan liberation movement against India’s ally, the Soviet Union.’ Both sides accuse each other for facilitating bombing activities and resorting to means that destabilizes the region.While a portion of the blame can be attributed to Pakistan, the Indian Army operating in the region had a role to play in the proliferation of these groups.Pakistan has time and again improved its military might with the help of countries like China and Iran and when it felt that it could capture Kashmir, it instigated a war.Between 1956 and 1962 , Pakistan managed to procure...
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Majority Muslim areas in the West (now all of Pakistan) and East (the place now called Bangladesh) form Pakistan.He said the alleged beheading of the Indian soldier was “unacceptable and unpardonable” and accused Pakistan of violating the “ethics of warfare.” The Kashmir fighting began Jan. 6 when Pakistan accused Indian troops of raiding an army post and killing a soldier.NEW DELHI — India and Pakistan agreed on Wednesday to ease tensions in disputed Kashmir by strictly observing a decade-old cease-fire after five soldiers were killed in recent clashes, an Indian army spokesman said.India and Pakistan came close to war again in 2002. .In New Delhi, Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said his country’s relations with archrival Pakist...
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(Ref: news.bbc.uk) .. Just when it seemed like the rift between India and Pakistan has started to heal, the conflict erupted again after Pakistan army break into Indian Kashmir in year 1999.Pakistan claims that India is not playing fair in terms of user of waters according to a treaty under which India can use the waters of three eastern rivers and Pakistan can use water of three western rivers.In 1998, India conducted nuclear tests near the border of Pakistan and later on Pakistan too conducted some nuclear tests.All these groups belong to POK (Pakistan Occupied Kashmir) and were formed to seek to claim the region of Kashmir to Pakistan.Some extremist groups started rebellion movement against Indian Government, calling it war of Kashmi...
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After meetings with the Pakistani president, the two countries create a joint rapid response force to fight terrorism at the border.Pakistan, for its part, provided military support to Iran during the Iran-Iraq war (1980-1988).The government still hopes in September 2018 to resume the project, which is also in competition with the Turkmenistan – Afghanistan – Pakistan – India gas pipeline.The good relations between Saudi Arabia and Pakistan have often been an obstacle to the development of Iranian-Pakistani relations.A pipeline project crossing the two states was finally inaugurated in 2012 and is due to be completed in December 2014 On January 29, 2013, US Consul General Michael Dodman threatened Pakistan with economic sanctions if he d...
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