Hello all,
I personally think that the Pak military has done a great job to keep Pakistan safe against an arch-nemesis.
But I think Pak army can do more.
Here are my thoughts; at times I think they are too soft if you ask me…an alien culture clouds their minds and some think that their key focus should be a foreign eastern country (India).
My suggestions to deal with the 21st century realities and keep the enemy at bay:
(1) Strengthen military co-operation with Bangladesh, yes Bangladesh and conduct regular military exercises with Bangladeshi Muslims near Assam! Bury the past with our Bengali bretheren and move on to something new which benefits both of us. Pakistanis have already achieved this to quite an extent since you don’t get anti-Pak rallies in Bangladesh even on their national day. I mean you hear from anti-Pak and anti-ISI slogans in a village in India when there is a milk shortage there! ![]()
(2) Strengthen military co-operation with China and good old Arabia!
Arabia really now holds the key. Believe it or not many Arabs already like Pakistan. Many of the current generation of leaders in Arab countries have themselves or had a cousin, uncle or a relative go to Pak to get some kind of military training. More importantly, Pakistan has historic ties with the Arabs which need to rejuvenated as they are increasingly becoming natural allies off late.
I mean Port Qasim is called Port Qasim for a reason! We both go way way back!
(3) Call for a joint Pak-Iran-Afghan defense accord.
This is very important too. India did a bang-up job of alienating Iran in its hour of need by voting to refer it to the UN Security Council! lol! I have Iranian friends who were fuming that day and swearing at the eastern foreign land in colourful Farsi!!
And then Natwar Singh is in Russia flip-flopping and saying that India doesn’t want to set back Iran in any way!!!
- Russian pressure there to soften as Russia gains a lot if Iran develops nuclear energy to fuel its domestic energy needs.
Perhaps Natwar read a chapter of “Indian” history that told him that Mughals had a big Iranian connection and introduced Farsi in their darbars!! ![]()
Anyway, Pak must also bring itself closer to Afghanistan. I mean Pak’s nuclear missile is named after an Afghan conqueror anyway and so all these historical links need to be brough to the limelight.
(4) Lobby in Washington people like Henry Kissinger and other die-hard cold war supporters of Pakistan (Henry Kissinger criticized India for interveing in Pak’s internal affairs in 1971 and in fact swore at them as well)
(5) Finally, get the Pakistani forces more closer to reality. Get them to closer to what really has been happening between Pak and India. Real, unbiased news casts and reportings and documentaries so that the constant bombardment of a foreign country’s media is alleviated. It’s a start…why not.
(6) Then we can try to ban and limit the cross-border cultural terrorism (rubbish hindi movies that seek to make Pakistan Muslims like many Indian Muslims - you know what i mean right?!) , then all indian-copied ignorant village councils in Pakistan that have nothing to do with Islam but follow Culture and tradition which we all know the source of must be abolished.
(7) Then jail all those member of the MMA (yes the MMA) who visited India and became all mushy with Indian Muslims!! then come all the other M’s like MQM, M-League x group and y group!!! etc. This will cleanse the various elements of corruption, nepotism, trechery that have plagued Pak society and have made it weak.
Then we can see the real crescent and star of Pakistan dawn from the Arabian Sea to Central Asia to China and that troublesome foreign land in the east.