1947-1958: Azad Kashmir, Northern Areas & Gwader all added to Pak territory.
1958-1971: 10,000 casualties in 1965 war and anything between 10,000 to 250,000 civilian casualties. 13,000 km of West pakistan territory, 50 million people and 144,000 km of land in East Pakistan.
1972-1977: Zero casualties and reclaimed 13,000 km of West pakistan territory. nuclear programme started,
1977-1988 70 km Siachen glacier lost
1988-1999 Missle programme restarted, Nuclear weapons tested. Approx 400 dead in Kargil
1999-2007: Over 700 dead in Waziristan. Another 100 dead in Balochistan.
It can be said that more Pakistani soldiers have died under Army rule then under civilain rule and more territory lost under military rule then under civilian. under Musharrafs time as COAS more soldiers have died in peacetime then in any period of pakistans history.
There is something known as the democratic peace theory. It says that no two democracies have or will come to total war. They may come close, but in the end due to the way democracies work, both countries will be forced to the negotiating table. The pressure from different groups inside the democracies ensures transparency that you can never get in military dictatorships or sham democracies.
I think there is truth to this. Even during Kargil, even though our democracy was far from perfect (which is probably why Kargil happened in the first place), the war did not escalate to full scale conflict.
There is something known as the democratic peace theory. It says that no two democracies have or will come to total war. They may come close, but in the end due to the way democracies work, both countries will be forced to the negotiating table. The pressure from different groups inside the democracies ensures transparency that you can never get in military dictatorships or sham democracies.
I think there is truth to this. Even during Kargil, even though our democracy was far from perfect (which is probably why Kargil happened in the first place), the war did not escalate to full scale conflict.
There is something known as the democratic peace theory. It says that no two democracies have or will come to total war. They may come close, but in the end due to the way democracies work, both countries will be forced to the negotiating table. The pressure from different groups inside the democracies ensures transparency that you can never get in military dictatorships or sham democracies.
I think there is truth to this. Even during Kargil, even though our democracy was far from perfect (which is probably why Kargil happened in the first place), the war did not escalate to full scale conflict.
Yeah sure Germany was a democracy Shri Hitler was democratically elected so was Shri Modi...