India’s ambitions to encircle Pakistan

[EagleEyes]

Stop trolling and stick to the topic.

 

[my2cents]

Yes he's right but India can't do anything to harm Pakistan at big level, these small tactics of Afghanistan card won't work for long !!

We know that and you know that. Why the hell the author is pissing in his pants for???

What is this bullsh$t about encircling Pakistan??

Since you guys denied trade routes we found a friend in Iran who let us to build the Chabahar port and the highway connecting Iran to Afghanistan so that we can trade.

Chah Bahar - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Port of Chabahar

India is helping develop the Chabahar Port, which will give it access to the oil and gas resources in Iran and the Central Asian states. By so doing,

India hopes to compete with the Chinese, who are building Gwadar Port, in Pakistani Baluchistan.

Iran plans to use Chabahar for transshipment to Afghanistan and Central Asia, while keeping the port of Bandar Abbas as a major hub mainly for trade with Russia and Europe.

India, Iran and Afghanistan have signed an agreement to give Indian goods, heading for Central Asia and Afghanistan, preferential treatment and tariff reductions at Chabahar.

Work on the Chabahar-Milak-Zaranj-Dilaram route from Iran to Afghanistan is in progress. Iran is, with Indian aid, upgrading the Chabahar-Milak road and constructing a bridge on the route to Zaranj. India's BRO is laying the 213-kilometer Zaranj-Dilaram road. It is a part of India's USD 750 million aid package to Afghanistan.

 

[S_O_C_O_M]

Author of the article: Asif Haroon Raja

Brig Asif Haroon Raja an Member Board of Advisors Opinion Maker is Staff College and Armed Forces WarCoursequalified, holds MSc war studies degree; a second generation officer, he fought epic battle of Hilli in northwest East Bengal during 1971 war, in which Maj M. Akram received Nishan-e-Haider posthumously.

He served as Directing Staff Command & Staff College, Defence Attaché Egypt and Sudan and Dean of Corps of Military Attaches in Cairo. He commanded the heaviest brigade in Kashmir. He is lingual and speaks English, Pashto and Punjabi fluently.

He is author of books titled ‘Battle of Hilli’, ‘1948, 1965 & 1971 Kashmir Battles and Freedom Struggle’, ‘Muhammad bin Qasim to Gen Musharraf’, Roots of 1971 Tragedy’; has written number of motivational pamphlets. Draft of his next book ‘Tangled Knot of Kashmir’ is ready.

He is a defence analyst and columnist and writes articles on security, defence and political matters for numerous international/national publications.

Brig Asif H. Raja | Veterans Today

 

[Contrarian]

Author of the article: Asif Haroon Raja

Brig Asif Haroon Raja an Member Board of Advisors Opinion Maker is Staff College and Armed Forces WarCoursequalified, holds MSc war studies degree; a second generation officer, he fought epic battle of Hilli in northwest East Bengal during 1971 war, in which Maj M. Akram received Nishan-e-Haider posthumously.

He served as Directing Staff Command & Staff College, Defence Attaché Egypt and Sudan and Dean of Corps of Military Attaches in Cairo. He commanded the heaviest brigade in Kashmir. He is lingual and speaks English, Pashto and Punjabi fluently.

He is author of books titled ‘Battle of Hilli’, ‘1948, 1965 & 1971 Kashmir Battles and Freedom Struggle’, ‘Muhammad bin Qasim to Gen Musharraf’, Roots of 1971 Tragedy’; has written number of motivational pamphlets. Draft of his next book ‘Tangled Knot of Kashmir’ is ready.

He is a defence analyst and columnist and writes articles on security, defence and political matters for numerous international/national publications.

Brig Asif H. Raja | Veterans Today

We can see how competent officers in Pakistani Staff College are. If this is his level of analysis..no wonder Pakistan has brilliant strategists!

 

[my2cents]

Although most of the Pakistani brothers are not going to like this but Pakistan is also far from being an ideal neighbor. It has poked its nose whenever possible on the Western side. It has, in the past, supported anti-state elements on the neighbor on the Eastern side. It has provided a breeding ground for those less-than-peaceful elements that have been a nuisance to countries in its neighborhood and beyond.

India's role as a neighbor has remained far from perfect; but then it takes two to tango.

Regardless, we can't choose our neighbors. How much we wish, we can't bring Zimbabwe / Israel / Iraq / Russia / US in our vicinity and have to live with what we have. Both India and Pakistan have to somehow learn to live with each other. That can happen only if paranoids at both ends (they will always remain there) are moved to backseats.

You may be a newbie, but you have better sense than most of your compatriats on PDF.

 

[securityofficer]

I must say,well written essay for pak text books.
I can understand why so many of you are very well brainwashed.

Why on earth india want pak as satellite.What good can bring.We only have one problem - Kashmir.

My sincere request,try to think independently once in life.

retarded brig. this show quality of officers in pak force

 

[Umair Nawaz]

India’s ambitions to encircle Pakistan​

By Brig. (Retd) Asif Haroon Raja:

India is largest in size and population and militarily and economically the strongest country in South Asia. Indian Army of 1.4 million with 34 combat divisions is the third largest in the world and Indian air force and navy too are formidable. India has made its standing in the world because of its geo-strategic importance and huge economic market. Diplomatically it is well placed in the world comity of nations and enjoys best of relations with world powers as well as with the Muslim world. Till 1990 it was strategic partner of former Soviet Union. After latters demise India snuggled into the lap of USA and became its strategic partner but without damaging its relations with Russia. It also developed close ties with Israel which has over a period of time become Indias biggest arms supplier. India then mended fences with China by pushing border dispute in Himalayan region to the back-burner and promoted trade. India got closer to Iran when Afghanistan was under the rule of Taliban and Afghan Northern Alliance (NA) leadership had taken refuge in Tehran. However, Afghanistan under anti-India and pro-Pakistan Taliban rule was a huge loss for India. In anticipation of a regime change in Kabul, it started providing full support to NA leaders during their period of exile. India is now a strategic partner of Afghanistan where Pakistans influence has diminished considerably.

In marked contrast to its high standing across the globe where it shows a humane face and claims to be the champion of democracy and secularism, India doesnt enjoy good reputation within South Asia where its interests clash with neighboring countries. It has used Chankyan tactics to deceive, beguile or blackmail its adversaries or has used force to browbeat the smaller states and make them submit to its wishes. Among its neighbors, Pakistan is its arch rival since it refuses to accept Indias supremacy and wants relationship on equal basis. India has still not reconciled with the existence of Pakistan and keeps hatching conspiracies and even going to war to undo Pakistan.

Out of 13 Corps, seven Indian Corps are deployed against Pakistan. Majority of its airbases are also poised against Pakistan and its Navy is geared toward blocking Karachi in the event of war. Besides equipping its forces with latest weaponry and technology, India is refurbishing the obsolete military equipment with US-Israel efforts. Indian defence budget is increasing annually at an alarming rate. India has since long been aspiring to turn Pakistan into a captive Indian market and to encircle Pakistan. It has partially encircled Pakistan after occupying two-thirds Kashmir, which overlooks AJK, and Siachen Glacier which dominates Gilgit-Baltistan, and substantially enhancing its naval presence in the Indian Ocean to turn Arabian Sea as its exclusive domain so as to quarantine Pakistan. After opening Pakistan specific consulates in Afghanistan and in Iranian provinces bordering Pakistan for the purposes of sabotage and subversion, and helping Iran in building Chahbahar Port and linking it with Indian constructed Highway Delaram-Zaranj in Afghanistan, its strategic encirclement plan is near completion.

Creation of Pakistan from within the womb of Indian Union on August 14, 1947 was the biggest shock inflicted upon the Brahman elites of India. Pakistans survival and progress traumatized them further and to lessen their anguish they keep hatching conspiracies to impede and possibly block all avenues of progress and at an opportune time deliver a knockout blow. India supported Pakhtunistan stunt espoused by Afghanistan. It was essentially its quest for security against the vastly superior India harboring hegemonic ambitions, unfriendly Afghanistan and not so friendly USSR which motivated Pakistan to join western pacts and seek US military assistance.

Pakistan has on number of occasions gone out of the way to throw away the baggage of animosity with India and to make a fresh start. Ignoring the wrongs of India, Quaid-e-Azam had made an offer to forget the past and live as peaceful neighbors and to jointly work towards improving the quality of life of common people. His offer was spurned by Nehru and Indian forces forcibly occupied two-thirds Kashmir in October 1947. Kashmir thus became a bone of contention and a major cause of never-ending antagonism. FM Ayub Khan made an offer of joint defence which was also brushed aside by Nehru. ZA Bhutto agreed to Indira Gandhis suggestion of bilateral-ism in the 1972 Simla Conference but India exploited it by preventing third party mediation/facilitation and putting Kashmir issue in a cold storage.

Gen Ziaul Haq offered umpteen proposals to make South Asia nuclear free zone but India paid no heed to any. Benazir Bhutto went to the extent of providing list of Sikh leaders engaged in Khalistan movement but she failed to appease Rajiv Gandhi. Nawaz Sharif too tried hard to find an amicable solution to the chronic dispute of Kashmir though composite dialogue and to improve Indo-Pak relations but could make no headway due to Indian leaders rigid stance that Kashmir is integral part of India. Gen Musharraf crossed all limits to appease India by suggesting a solution outside the realm of UN Resolutions but he couldnt bring any change in Indias uncompromising stand. The current regime is also following the policy of appeasement but has failed to solicit positive response from India. Rather, India has all along maintained a belligerent posture and on several occasions Indian military might got deployed along the border and came close to an all-out war.

India has gone to war with Pakistan five times including two limited conflicts in Rann of Katch and Kargil. In 1971, aided by USSR, India succeeded in truncating Pakistan but when it found that Pakistan refused to become its satellite, its infamous RAW recommenced its covert war to weaken other parts of Pakistan and also accelerated its force modernization program with emphasis on mechanization of ground forces and upgrading its naval and air arms with the help of USSR.

Sindh was chosen as the next target of subversion after East Pakistan. One reason of picking up Sindh was the importance of Karachi with lone seaport and economic hub of Pakistan. Its covert operations succeeded in accentuating antagonism between old and new Sindhis and thus creating urban-rural divide in Sindh. 1973 Baloch insurgency in Balochistan was supported by USSR, Afghanistan and India. When Soviet forces occupied Afghanistan in 1979 and the US and Pakistan became strategic allies to confront the Soviet threat, Indias RAW joined hands with KGB and KHAD to carryout subversive activities in Pakistan. The MRD movement in rural Sindh was also supported by India. Alignment with USA from 1991 onward enabled India to spoil Pak-US relations.

Strategic alliance with the sole super power in the aftermath of 9/11 is helping India in fulfilling its grandeur plans to become a regional and a world power and to keep the dispute of Kashmir on the back burner. Considering Pakistan to be the only stumbling block in her way to achieve her ambitions, she considered occupation of Afghanistan by USA and its allies in November 2001 and establishment of a pro-India regime in Kabul together with ongoing war on terror an ideal opportunity to encircle Pakistan and force it to give up Kashmir and accept Indias hegemony, or else balkanize it or remove it from the world map. Above all, it opened the avenues for India to regain its lost influence in Afghanistan and to further expand it and become a key player.

Notwithstanding that acquisition of nuclear and missile capability by Pakistan has greatly minimized the risk of war with India; however, nuclear Pakistan has earned perpetual hostility of India, Israel and USA. News ways are now being devised to disable our nuclear program without having to wage a war. While continuing to procure latest state-of-art weapons from all quarters, India vociferously objects to any effort by Pakistan to procure its modest defence needs from any country and the west lends receptive ears to its laments. In order to offset Pakistans nuclear strategic deterrence, India has ventured upon its Cold Start Doctrine which initially envisaged 7-8 self-containing battle groups but has now been increased it to 15 groups. Indian hackers tried to hack secrets of Army Exercise Azm-e-Nao III, a response action to Cold Start, and succeeded partially. Water war and now the economic war to supplement covert war are part of Indias overall scheme to isolate Pakistan and make it irrelevant. It is desperate to get land access to Afghanistan through Pakistan.

Pakistan should offset Indias nefarious encirclement plan by disagreeing to grant land route to India through Wagah border for its contemplated trade with Afghanistan and Central Asian Republics and that too without resolving core disputes. Our military responses to Cold Start will have to be rehashed at the earliest.

The writer is a retired Brig and a defence analyst.

MarkTheTruth

Thank God kisi main to akal aye ha akhir kaar.

Im very happy that fool DG Pasha is gone with his Aman ki Asha tactics.
His actions made me think sometimes that he had also became an indian agent like our politicians.
But then i was very happy with his words of courage in his UN speech abt Kashmir Valley.
Well done Gen Zaheer ul Islam, he is atlast doing the right thing

@Pakistani Brothers

Plz dont care abt others crying here or anywhere else, we have to c whats best for us for our security n future!!!!!!!
So focus on it only......

 

[third eye]

Author of the article: Asif Haroon Raja

Brig Asif Haroon Raja an Member Board of Advisors Opinion Maker is Staff College and Armed Forces WarCoursequalified, holds MSc war studies degree; a second generation officer, he fought epic battle of Hilli in northwest East Bengal during 1971 war, in which Maj M. Akram received Nishan-e-Haider posthumously.

He served as Directing Staff Command & Staff College, Defence Attaché Egypt and Sudan and Dean of Corps of Military Attaches in Cairo. He commanded the heaviest brigade in Kashmir. He is lingual and speaks English, Pashto and Punjabi fluently.

He is author of books titled ‘Battle of Hilli’, ‘1948, 1965 & 1971 Kashmir Battles and Freedom Struggle’, ‘Muhammad bin Qasim to Gen Musharraf’, Roots of 1971 Tragedy’; has written number of motivational pamphlets. Draft of his next book ‘Tangled Knot of Kashmir’ is ready.

He is a defence analyst and columnist and writes articles on security, defence and political matters for numerous international/national publications.

Brig Asif H. Raja | Veterans Today

I wonder who has drafted this man's bio data.

Refer underlined parts above :

1. He seems to be wanting to live in reflected glory of a slain soldier. What relevence does a reference to Maj Akram have to his bio data ? Unless as mentioned he wants to draw from the reflected glory.

2. Lingual ? Everyone who talks is lingual. I think the author wanted to write ' Multi Lingual'.

 

[Agent_47]

 

[tarrar]

India is trying it's very best to damage Pakistan form where ever they can do it. They are helping terrorists from Afghanistan, they are fully supporting BLA, BLF, BSO & other small Baloch terrorist groups with rented man power, weapons & Intel. Indian is also supporting TTP in Northern Areas there were tons of proves shown & given to the Govt. of Indian involvements but unfortunately for us we are ruled by corrupt & incompetent Govt. I hope for a full Military take over or Martial Law to save Pakistan INSHAALLAH & I hope it happens very soon.

 

[Tshering22]

What is there to encircle you guys?

I mean we have such a large border with you already.

Encircling is done to a country that is of strategic interest and is far away like how US bases have encircled Persian Gulf.

What will we get encircling you?

In today's world, no one will risk giving facilities to either of any two countries at war. Even Afghanistan. No country will want to risk their economy, people and society for the sake of another country.

NATO is a different case because Europe has never been invaded and they themselves live far away from the troubled countries.

That is not the case in Asia.

India is trying it's very best to damage Pakistan form where ever they can do it. They are helping terrorists from Afghanistan, they are fully supporting BLA, BLF, BSO & other small Baloch terrorist groups with rented man power, weapons & Intel. Indian is also supporting TTP in Northern Areas there were tons of proves shown & given to the Govt. of Indian involvements but unfortunately for us we are ruled by corrupt & incompetent Govt.

Can you say all this in ICJ and prove it? If you can, then do it already rather than repeating the same trash.

I hope for a full Military take over or Martial Law to save Pakistan INSHAALLAH & I hope it happens very soon.

Not in this condition and now after US' hand is off your heads, certainly not anymore.

 

[Kobalt]

Pakistan is a social creature and has too many allies to be isolated. India can hurt Pakistan, but it can't make Pakistan a lonely hermit; the demographics prevent that

 

[nair]

Let's see, Pak already have Kashmir.

India still killing innocent Kashmiri's to drag them on their side,

Things like 26/11 will continue to happen if problems at that level are not solve.

Balochistan ???Unless u wanna add ur bucket list

If pakistan have the kashmir already?? Then what is the problem.. I thought kashmir is the core issue...

 

[andyfisher]

Facts:
1) Pakistan has never ever won any wars it has fought
2) India is not concerned about pakistan too much..its detente between the two..
3) It is too much trouble for india to bother with pak not to take on the rot in pakistan when india itself is not strong enough (think east germany absorbed into west germany)
4) india has other bigger fish to fry (tink china)


My wish:
1) pak and ind stop fighting and hug it out...become close bros and we can open up kashmir and i can go skiing there.

 

[S_O_C_O_M]

indians and their reverse psychology. once we let our guard down, and think everything is ok... boom they start attacking just like 1971.

india does have reasonable prime minister now. but what about the future? the likes indira gandhi may return to office.