“High time Pak stopped viewing India as adversary”: Defence Expert Anil Gaur

Jammu and Kashmir [India], September 8 (ANI): After Pakistan Army chief Asim Munir’s recent acknowledgement of Pakistan Army’s role in the Kargil War, Indian Defence expert Anil Gaur zeroed in on the development and said that underscores Pakistan’s ongoing fixation with Kashmir, indicating that even after 75 years, the issue remains unresolved for them.

The defence expert said that it is high time that the Pakistan Army stopped matching up to the Indian Army or viewing India as an adversary and instead started focussing on addressing their own domestic issues, such as hunger and unemployment, which are affecting their population.

Speaking to ANI, Indian Defence expert Anil Gaur said, “Now, after 25 years, Pakistan has acknowledged their army’s involvement in the Kargil War with India in 1999. This is a kind of development in the sense that if Pakistan acknowledges that its army had taken these intrusions into their planning back then, it reflects that even after 75 years, they have still not given up on Kashmir.”

“Though Kashmir is a part of India, and that is acknowledged by the world, but even now, after all the wars Pakistan has fought and lost, they are still arguing about Kashmir,” said the expert.

“It is high time that the Pakistan Army stopped trying to match up with the Indian Army or trying to take India and its army as an adversary and look after their own people who are dying of hunger and who have no employment,” said the defence expert.

Adding further, he said, “The money that is being spent there for the arms and ammunition in the Pakistan Army should be diverted for the public interest.”

In apparently the first such public acknowledgement by a serving top military officer in Pakistan, the country’s Army Chief General Asim Munir has acknowledged the role of the Pakistan Army in the Kargil War with India in 1999.

The Pakistan Army chief made the remarks during the Defence Day address on September 6 in Rawalpindi.

“Pakistan is a bold and courageous nation and knows the importance of freedom and the price to pay for it. Be it 1948, 1965, 1971 (wars), the Kargil War, or the Siachen conflict, thousands of soldiers sacrificed their lives for the country,” the Pakistan Army Chief said, according to a video of his address posted by Geo News.

The Kargil war was fought for more than 60 days and ended on July 26, 1999, with a gallant victory for India. Indian armed forces successfully reclaimed the command of the high outposts which were treacherously occupied by Pakistani soldiers during winter months.

Brave soldiers of the Indian Army overcame seemingly insurmountable odds and hostile terrain to win the Kargil war with the help of the Indian Air Force which gave air support.

Kargil Vijay Diwas, named after the success of Operation Vijay, is celebrated on July 26 every year and rich tributes are paid to bravehearts who laid down their lives for the country.

After initial days, it was found that soldiers of Pakistan’s Northern Light Infantry were fighting against the Indian Army wearing civilian dresses.

According to a report in Dawn, General Asim Munir also called for “not allowing political differences turn into hatred”. He also said that “efforts to weaken national solidarity will never succeed,” and that the Pakistan Army and the people of Pakistan shared a “heartfelt relationship”, which would continue to strengthen the resolve of the security forces.