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India.com
16-07-2025
- Politics
- India.com
Pakistan Field Marshal Asim Munir now a salesman of China and Turkey, trying to sell Chinese, Turkish weapons to two friends of India, they are...
Pakistan army chief Munir- File image Pakistan Field Marshal Asif Munir selling Chinese, Turkish weapons: In a significant development after India-Pakistan tensions and getting badly hit by India in Operation Sindoor, Pakistan Army Chief General Asim Munir has reportedly got a new role. As per media reports, Asim Munir is now acting as a salesman of Chinese and Turkish-made arms, promoting the weapons of these countries in various countries of Asia and abroad. Here are all the details you need to know about the newly reported role of Pakistan Field Marshal Asif Munir. Why is Pakistani Army Chief visiting Sri Lanka and Indonesia? Media reports say that the Pakistani Army Chief will be visiting two of India's friends in the region, namely Sri Lanka and Indonesia. Talking about the schedule, Asim Munir will be visiting Pakistan and Sri Lanka from July 20 to 22 and from July 24 to 26 respectively. As discussed in the media reports, the newly promoted Pakistan Army Field Marshall will be seen promoting Chinese and Turkish-made arms like JF-17 fighter jets and Bayraktar drones during his trip to Sri Lanka and Indonesia. Why is Pakistani Army Chief promoting Chinese, Turkish weapons? Experts say that the Pakistani Army Chief is promoting Chinese and Turkish weapons in order to get more financial and military help from the two countries. Is Pakistan working as mercenary for US? In another significant statement about Pakistan, the Jeay Sindh Muttahida Mahaz (JSMM), a Sindhi nationalist organisation has warning that the meeting between between US President Donald Trump and Pakistan's Army Chief, 'Field Marshal' Asim Munir signals a resumption of Pakistan's mercenary role in a new American proxy war against Iran. JSMM chair Shafi Burfat asserted in the recently released statement that the alliance between US an Pakistan military resurrects the dynamics seen in Afghanistan when Pakistani forces served as hired killers for US strategic interests. Burfat stated, 'The Pakistani military and its ISI intelligence apparatus operate not as a defensive force but a mafia-style institution, crushing political movements, silencing journalists, and enforcing a colonial subjugation of Sindh and Balochistan.' (With inputs from agencies)
India Today
23-06-2025
- Politics
- India Today
Pak PM to chair high-level security meeting today, US-Iran fallout on agenda
Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif will hold a crucial meeting of the National Security Committee (NSC) at his official residence in Islamabad today. According to reports, the meeting will be attended by senior leaders and military leadership, including Field Marshal General Asif Munir. This will be the first session of the country's highest national security body after the recent India-Pakistan conflict in the aftermath of the deadly terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir's Pahalgam in high-level huddle will be attended by Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar, Defence Minister Khawaja Asif, Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb, Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi, and Information Minister Attaullah Tarar. Key members of the federal cabinet and special advisers to the Prime Minister on foreign affairs will also be in attendance. From the military and intelligence leadership, Munir will be joined by the Chief of Naval Staff (CNS), Chief of Air Staff (CAS), Director General of Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) and National Security Adviser (NSA), Director General of Intelligence Bureau (IB), Director General of the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA), and the Cabinet primary agenda for the meeting includes a comprehensive briefing by Asif Munir on his recent visit to Washington DC and his meeting with US President Donald Trump, internal security restructuring, and a proposed realignment of the national security grid in Balochistan and Khyber committee is also expected to assess the evolving situation due to the Israel-Iran conflict and deliberate on Islamabad's security posture and deployment along the Iran-Pakistan Sunday, Pakistan condemned the United States' military strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities, calling them a violation of international law and warning of the risk of dangerous escalation in the region."Pakistan condemns the US attacks on the nuclear facilities of Iran, which follow the series of attacks by Israel. We are gravely concerned at the possible further escalation of tensions in the region," Pakistan's Foreign Office the condemnation came just a day after Islamabad backed Donald Trump as a candidate for the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize, citing his "decisive diplomatic intervention" during last month's India-Pakistan standoff. Must Watch
NDTV
12-06-2025
- Politics
- NDTV
US Invites Pakistan Army Chief Asim Munir For Army Day. What's On His Agenda
Washington: Pakistan's Army Chief, General Syed Asim Munir, has been invited to the United States to attend the US Army's 250th anniversary celebrations. Pakistan's Chief of the Army Staff (COAS), who was recently promoted to the rank of Field Marshal, is scheduled to visit Washington for the June 14 celebrations, which will coincide with President Donald Trump's 79th birthday. Pakistan's Agenda The agenda of Munir's visit is to seek Washington's security cooperation against Islamic State - Khorasan Province (ISKP)-- a branch of the terror group Islamic State (IS) active in Central and South Asia, including Pakistan, according to sources. Pakistan also wants the United States to push India to the dialogue table, especially on the issue of resumption of the Indus Waters Treaty, which was suspended by New Delhi in retaliation for the April 22 Pahalgam massacre in which Islamabad-backed terrorists gunned down 26 people, mostly tourists. Munir will also try to woo Trump in favour of its proposed zero-tariff bilateral trade agreement with the United States, and seek investment in minerals and agriculture through the Special Investment Facilitation Council (SIFC), sources added. PTI Plans Protests In Washington Munir's visit has provoked political reactions within Pakistan, with former Prime Minister Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) planning protests against him. PTI, which has long opposed the current Pakistani establishment, called for a protest outside the Pakistani embassy in Washington on June 14. "Preparing for a massive protest in Washington DC at the arrival of the Islamabad assassin Asif Munir. PTI USA and over 12 cooperating organizations from the Pakistani diaspora are collaborating to protest in front of the Pakistan Embassy on Saturday, June 14. Spread the word and join the protest to restore democracy in Pakistan," PTI's Secretary for Overseas Affairs, Sajjad Burki, said in a post on X. Preparing for a massive protest in Washington DC at the arrival of the Islamabad assassin Asif Munir. PTI USA and over 12 cooperating organizations from the Pakistani diaspora are collaborating to protest in front of the Pakistan Embassy on Saturday June 14. Spread the word and… — Sajjad Burki (@SajjadBurki) June 10, 2025 "Let the White House know that any deal with this government is not acceptable to the people of Pakistan," he added in a message that is also being distributed as pamphlets in Washington's Pakistani-American neighbourhoods. Pak Delegation to Visit US For Trade Talks Munir's visit to the US is likely to coincide with the tour of a senior trade delegation from Pakistan to Washington this week for talks with US officials on the recently imposed American tariffs and related economic issues. The three-day visit will be the latest in a series of high-level exchanges between Islamabad and Washington amid a fragile regional security climate following last month's military conflict with India, according to a report by Dawn. The delegation will be led by Commerce Secretary Jawad Paul and includes senior Federal Board of Revenue officials and representatives of the energy and information technology sectors. They will hold meetings with their US counterparts at the Office of the United States Trade Representative, focusing on trade imbalances, tariff adjustments, and sectoral cooperation, the Dawn report said.
Indian Express
07-06-2025
- Politics
- Indian Express
After Operation Sindoor, calculate
Writing a postscript to a military engagement that is barely four weeks old may seem premature, more so since Prime Minister Narendra Modi has declared that Operation Sindoor has only been paused. It may, therefore, erupt again. Picking through the smoke-and-mirrors accounts of the four-day clash of arms, one may still reach tentative conclusions and derive some lessons for the future. The aftermath of the four-day 'war' should be read together with the observations I made post-Pahalgam on the strategic calculus driving Pakistani actions, especially the intent of the remarks made by Pakistan Army Chief Asif Munir ('Desperate steps in desperate times', IE, April 24). Irrespective of which side caused more losses to the other, Pakistan has succeeded, at least temporarily, in 're-hyphenating' itself with India in the international arena, the great leveller being its nuclear status. There were heightened external concerns following the Indian attack on Pakistan's Nur Khan base, which is reportedly located near a nuclear command and control centre. Nuclear brinkmanship, implicit or explicit, will always be present in any India-Pakistan war or threat of war. One should also be cautious in claiming to have found 'space' for conventional retaliation under the nuclear overhang. No two military events are the same. The danger of nuclear war will persist as long as atomic weapons are deployed by both sides. The so-called 'space' is notional. In a different war scenario, it may evaporate without warning. A robust Indian response to a cross-border terrorist attack, which India wants to keep limited and non-escalatory, may be interpreted (though not intended) as India acknowledging Pakistan's capacity to hit back and raise the ante. India being committed to 'non-escalatory' action suits Pakistan fine. Is it necessary to make such a declaration? Perhaps India needs to adopt its own version of 'strategic ambiguity' in relation to Pakistan on the lines of the US posture in relation to Taiwan. We should also stop making repeated assertions that the next terrorist attack will invite Indian military retaliation. We should reserve the right to choose whatever may be the most appropriate response. Why tie our hands in advance? Creating a public expectation of a military response limits the options available to a leadership. There should be a whole suite of possible options to choose from — coercive, diplomatic, economic and financial, and combinations thereof. The pursuit of deterrence may be better served by keeping the other side guessing. Operation Sindoor has made it amply clear that China will keep upgrading Pakistan's military capabilities to serve as an effective proxy against India. China was instrumental in enabling Pakistan to acquire a nuclear deterrent even before India and Pakistan became declared nuclear weapon states. But it had been coy about this. With its enhanced military and economic capabilities, it is no longer defensive about its military alliance with Pakistan. The two-front challenge, which India has always been concerned about, is already here. Our strategic calculations and defence preparedness must reflect this reality. Operation Sindoor has provided valuable insights into the technological capabilities of Chinese weapons, the effectiveness of Indian weaponry in outsmarting some Chinese systems deployed by Pakistan and the battle tactics that Pakistan has learnt from its 'iron brother'. These lessons must be internalised in our military strategy and tactics. Credibility is the indispensable asset in handling the diplomatic and domestic fallout from any such crisis. Credibility, in turn, is a function of transparency. What the CDS very sensibly said recently about losses suffered by India in the military exchanges could have been conveyed in the earlier briefings by the Ministry of External Affairs and the armed forces. The'appropriate' time for such information to be released is before the inevitable deluge of misinformation takes hold. The question also arises: Did the all-party delegations sent out to various countries to present India's case have the same brief as the CDS? India still has a lot to learn about information management. One's own learning from several years of diplomatic work is that credibility is indispensable to good diplomacy. This applies to friend and adversary alike. There are some other points to consider. US President Donald Trump's unpredictability is a reality, as is his narcissist penchant for self-adulation. There is no need to rise to the bait and keep denying his role in brokering a ceasefire. A polite refutation having been made, one should move on. The partnership with the US remains important for India's economic and technological capacity building. Indications are that this partnership remains largely intact. One may have views about the efficacy of sending all-party delegations to various countries to present India's case, but it is a surprise that no such demarche was thought necessary for our immediate subcontinental neighbours. This contradicts the Neighbourhood First Policy. Engagement and a structured dialogue must be part of India's Pakistan policy. If nothing else, such dialogue may provide useful insights into the thinking of its rulers. Reliance on coercive instruments alone has not worked so far and is unlikely to in the future. Cross-border terrorism and the status of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir should be part of the agenda, but there should be a deliberate effort to reach out to other constituencies in Pakistan beyond the military and the political and bureaucratic elites. Pakistan is not a monolithic entity and one should not paint its people with the same brush as its entrenched elites. Domestic politics will influence foreign policy but foreign policy should not become a tool to be used in domestic politics. Diplomacy is outward-oriented. Its audience is the international community, including friends and adversaries alike. Inward-oriented diplomacy, seeking validation from a domestic audience, will undermine the pursuit of national interests. Pakistan has become an issue not just in, but of, domestic politics. It has become entangled with the politics of communalism. Pakistan should be dealt with as just another state that poses a foreign policy and security challenge to India. Its identity as an Islamic state should be irrelevant. Finally, while punishing Pakistan over cross-border terrorism, should there not be accountability for the security lapses that made ordinary Indian citizens vulnerable to the violent outrage in Pahalgam? Retaliation against Pakistan must not deflect attention away from the urgent need to plug the gaps that give our adversaries the opportunity to deliver such humiliating blows against us. The writer is a former foreign secretary
Mint
20-05-2025
- Politics
- Mint
Pakistan Army Chief Gen Asim Munir elevated to Field Marshal rank for ‘successful' leadership in conflict with India
Days after Pakistan failed in breaching the Indian defence system, Pakistan Army Chief Asif Munir was elevated to the rank of Field Marshal for 'successfully' leading the armed forces in the conflict with India, as per a report by Geo TV. This is a developing story, more details are being added
