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Pakistan military blamed for 1971 rout, Kargil
Wednesday December 28, 2011 09:33:41 PM,
IANS
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Islamabad: A Pakistani
daily Wednesday asked the military not to define "national
security", saying this had led to the 1971 birth of Bangladesh and
the disastrous 1999 Kargil conflict with India.
The last thing Pakistan needs now "is institutional infighting",
said an editorial in the News International.
It said Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani's remarks about a "state
within a state" had caused a sensation in political circles.
"It looked as if the premier's indirect reference to the military
and the ISI was a challenge to the establishment," it said.
After Pakistan Army chief General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani clarified
that the army was cognizant of its constitutional obligations,
Gilani ruled there was no clash between the government and the
military.
"It is important to read between the lines... Tensions may have
been defused but there are some questions that were left
unanswered," the daily said.
"In Pakistan, 'national security' has always been defined by the
military even though in any modern democratic state, it is defined
by the government in consultation with its subservient military.
"The military in Pakistan considers itself a state within a state
and uses the jehadist networks to defend its national security
paradigm," it said.
The editorial reminded the military that its definition of
national security had led to the breakup of Pakistan in 1971 and
Bangladesh's birth and "to a disaster called Kargil".
"It is time to allow the democratic government to define what
constitutes national security instead of making one blunder after
another...
The last thing this country needs is institutional infighting," it
said.
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