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Non-state actors complicating internal security: COAS
KARACHI - Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Raheel Sharif on Thursday said presence of non-state elements in Pakistan has complicated the internal security situation, which could further deteriorate if such elements are not neutralised.
Delivering the keynote address during a seminar held on sideline of eighth International Defence Exhibition and Seminar (IDEAS) 2014 in Karachi, the army chief said solving Kashmir issue was necessary for maintaining peace in the region.
“Sometimes security of the whole region can be threatened by a single unresolved issue such as Palestine and Kashmir and obviously necessitating a regional approach to conflict resolution,” he said and added non-state actors are in fact posing a serious challenge to the conventional security paradigm prevalent across the whole world. The meaning of security has evolved into a larger context over time, and more changes happen now in a decade than it used to in centuries in the past, he said. “The word security has already transformed into a much larger context that would not have made sense only 20 years ago,” the army chief said.
In the world today, security concept does not apply only to borders, “but securing our cultures and way of life are also seen as primary security concerns”, the army chief said. He said that security does not only refer to external threats but is a concern in terms of politics, human rights, economy, water security, terrorism and insurgency. Hence, making predictions about the future needs careful thought, he added.
Speaking about the terror threats faced by Pakistan, Gen Raheel said the current conflict mechanisms were unable to handle them. “The forces of disorder have threatened the traditional structures of order. We are also fully cognizant of other threats on the horizon, both conventional and unconventional and will maintain complete readiness to meet them.” Gen Raheel said presence of non-state actors inside Pakistan has complicated country’s internal security and they are posing threat to world peace. Sometimes it is not possible for a single state to fight out these elements, but Pakistan is an example for other countries as it is fighting against such elements for last 35 years.
Addressing suspicions about Pakistan’s sincerity and resolve to fight terrorism, he said, “Our sincerity in the fighting terror is complete and our determination unflinching. We want to end it beyond a doubt and with support of people we will do so without any discrimination until we get rid of terrorism in all its forms and manifestation.”
The army chief said that non-state actors are not only those who are wielding guns but they are of many kinds and the threats posed by them are also multifarious. “In contemporary geopolitics, the battles are no longer between state and non-state actors but are with supra-individuals, those individuals who exploit both the national and international space for their desired objectives.”
These supra-individuals, he said, “have the capacity to manipulate networks, organisations and state institutions to create waves of instability and create discord at the centre of the state institutions. Explosions are still a viable tool of war, but implosions are the new defeat mechanisms.”
During his visit on the fourth day of the exhibition, General Raheel visited stalls of defence equipments and exchanged views with foreign delegates at the Expo Centre. The army chief was accompanied by chiefs of Pakistan Navy and Pakistan Air Force.
The exhibition showcased defence equipment including aircraft, tanks, ammunition, APCs and ship building and communications-related equipment of 77 Pakistani firms. Various foreign firms also displayed products specific to Pakistan’s challenges. Around 256 defence equipment manufacturers took part in IDEAS 2014.
Non-state actors complicating internal security: COAS
KARACHI - Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Raheel Sharif on Thursday said presence of non-state elements in Pakistan has complicated the internal security situation, which could further deteriorate if such elements are not neutralised.
Delivering the keynote address during a seminar held on sideline of eighth International Defence Exhibition and Seminar (IDEAS) 2014 in Karachi, the army chief said solving Kashmir issue was necessary for maintaining peace in the region.
“Sometimes security of the whole region can be threatened by a single unresolved issue such as Palestine and Kashmir and obviously necessitating a regional approach to conflict resolution,” he said and added non-state actors are in fact posing a serious challenge to the conventional security paradigm prevalent across the whole world. The meaning of security has evolved into a larger context over time, and more changes happen now in a decade than it used to in centuries in the past, he said. “The word security has already transformed into a much larger context that would not have made sense only 20 years ago,” the army chief said.
In the world today, security concept does not apply only to borders, “but securing our cultures and way of life are also seen as primary security concerns”, the army chief said. He said that security does not only refer to external threats but is a concern in terms of politics, human rights, economy, water security, terrorism and insurgency. Hence, making predictions about the future needs careful thought, he added.
Speaking about the terror threats faced by Pakistan, Gen Raheel said the current conflict mechanisms were unable to handle them. “The forces of disorder have threatened the traditional structures of order. We are also fully cognizant of other threats on the horizon, both conventional and unconventional and will maintain complete readiness to meet them.” Gen Raheel said presence of non-state actors inside Pakistan has complicated country’s internal security and they are posing threat to world peace. Sometimes it is not possible for a single state to fight out these elements, but Pakistan is an example for other countries as it is fighting against such elements for last 35 years.
Addressing suspicions about Pakistan’s sincerity and resolve to fight terrorism, he said, “Our sincerity in the fighting terror is complete and our determination unflinching. We want to end it beyond a doubt and with support of people we will do so without any discrimination until we get rid of terrorism in all its forms and manifestation.”
The army chief said that non-state actors are not only those who are wielding guns but they are of many kinds and the threats posed by them are also multifarious. “In contemporary geopolitics, the battles are no longer between state and non-state actors but are with supra-individuals, those individuals who exploit both the national and international space for their desired objectives.”
These supra-individuals, he said, “have the capacity to manipulate networks, organisations and state institutions to create waves of instability and create discord at the centre of the state institutions. Explosions are still a viable tool of war, but implosions are the new defeat mechanisms.”
During his visit on the fourth day of the exhibition, General Raheel visited stalls of defence equipments and exchanged views with foreign delegates at the Expo Centre. The army chief was accompanied by chiefs of Pakistan Navy and Pakistan Air Force.
The exhibition showcased defence equipment including aircraft, tanks, ammunition, APCs and ship building and communications-related equipment of 77 Pakistani firms. Various foreign firms also displayed products specific to Pakistan’s challenges. Around 256 defence equipment manufacturers took part in IDEAS 2014.
