Pakistani Army will remain India-centric: Kayani

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Pakistani Army will remain India-centric: Kayani​

4 Feb 2010, 1921 hrs IST, IANS



RAWALPINDI: The Pakistani Army will remain "India-centric" until the Kashmir issue and water disputes are resolved, its chief, Gen Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, says.

In a presentation to Pakistani media, Kayani made it clear that the army's "frame of reference" for addressing the problems in the country included certain concerns that are India specific.

History, unresolved issues, India's military capability and its "Cold Start" doctrine meant that Pakistan could not afford to let its guard down, Dawn.com quoted Kayani as saying.

"We plan on adversaries' capabilities, not intentnons," he added.
"The tough, matter-of-fact line on India was in stark contrast to that of Gen. Kayani's predecessor, Gen. (retd) Musharraf, who tried hard to push for peace with India in his latter years in power," Dawn.com noted.

"Gen Kayani, though, does not carry the dual burden of being president and the army chief, which perhaps explains the narrower, militaristic formulation of Pakistan's posture towards India," it added.

Kayani repeatedly highlighted the threat posed by India's "Cold Start" doctrine, and sid it would permit the Indian Army to attack before mobilising and thus increasing the possibility of a "sudden spiral escalation".

At the same time, Kayani pointed out that he did not have a one-dimensional view of security. Despite the fact that India's defence budget was "seven times" that of Pakistan's, "there has to be a balance between development and military spending", he noted.

He also maintained that "peace and stability in South Asia should not be made hostage to a single terrorist act of a non-state actor", a reference to the November 2008 Mumbai attacks.

On Afghanistan, too, India featured in Kayani's comments. Rejecting India's reported interest in training the Afghan National Army and the country's police force, he argued that Pakistan had a more legitimate expectation to do so.

"Taken together, Gen Kayani's comments suggest that the possibility of a thaw in relations between India and Pakistan any time soon is low," Dawn.com noted

Pakistani Army will remain India-centric: Kayani- Politics/Nation-News-The Economic Times

 

[Fighter488]

And this is despite the fact that Pakistan Army lost several thousand soldiers fighting WOT, not to enemy on its western borders!

I do not think Gen. Kayani is naive. He knows NATO presence can not be ignored easily! Emphasing the importance of Western borders will make NATO more uncomfortable. This will be good with domestic audiences as well.

Fighter

 

[Nemesis]

I have no problems with this, after all our army is Pakistan centric and ignores the far greater threat from China.

 

[graphican]

I have no problems with this, after all our army is Pakistan centric and ignores the far greater threat from China.

Don't put Pakistan in your shoes. India has its own set of threats which is not Pakistan centric but whatever Pakistan faces in terms of threat or security concern, comes from Indian side... let it be militancy coming from Afghan border side or threat from our Western border where India itself resides.

Whatever India feels and whatever threat it has could be discussed in a separate thread. You might want to stick to the topic here in this forum.

 

[Nemesis]

Don't put Pakistan in your shoes. India has its own set of threats which is not Pakistan centric but whatever Pakistan faces in terms of threat or security concern, comes from Indian side... let it be militancy coming from Afghan border side or threat from our Western border where India itself resides.

Whatever India feels and whatever threat it has could be discussed in a separate thread. You might want to stick to the topic here in this forum.

Let me rephrase what i said for simpletons, Pakistan army is India specific because the majority of Indian divisions are facing Pakistan and not China.

Next time try comprehending what's written instead of ranting like a 10 year old.