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Kashmir appears to be the focus of the 2020 edition of a Pakistan Army internal publication, with its chief general, Qamar Bajwa, describing last year’s Balakot airstrike and the scrapping of the special state of Jammu and Kashmir as events that affected geopolitics regional.
Most of the articles in the latest issue of army officers, former diplomats, academics and journalists refer to the Kashmir problem and offer suggestions ranging from the creation of a Kashmir Fund to support people in the Union Territory India, and the adoption of information and cyber warfare by establishing communications. links within the Kashmir valley.
The 2020 Green Paper, a biennial publication by the Pakistan Army with essays by serving and retired officers reflecting the overall strategy and objectives of the military, also has a message from Bajwa describing Kashmir as a “nuclear flash point” .
In his message in the 2020 Green Paper, posted on the Pakistan National Defense University (NDU) website, Bajwa says the environment in the south remains complex, with the lines blurred between different types of warfare.
“The year 2019 witnessed two important events that will have a lasting mark on the geopolitics of this region; first, the unjustified attack on Balakot by the Indian Air Force on February 26 and second, the unilateral annexation of Jammu and Kashmir by India by [Prime Minister Narendra] Modi on August 5, by repealing articles 370 and 35A, ”Bajwa wrote in the message issued as the publication’s chief patron.
“The first was a coercive attempt to carve out space for war under nuclear overhang and to enforce competition; Skillfully denied by the Pakistani Air Force the next day, through a calibrated and proportionate response: India’s desire to establish a New Normal was completely hampered. The latter, despite the condemnation of the world at large, continues to torment the lives of more than eight million Muslims in [Kashmir]… “he added.
“Kashmir is a nuclear flashpoint and, in utter disregard for international standards, Modi has not only endangered the immediate neighborhood, but has also raised the ante for everyone. The academic discourse in the current edition of the Pakistan Army Green Paper has highlighted the implications of these events from various perspectives and dimensions, “Bajwa wrote.
Some recent editions of the Green Paper had focused on the internal threat posed by terrorist groups, but this year’s edition marks a return to the traditional approach in India as Pakistan’s greatest threat.
Several articles in the Green Paper highlight the Pulwama terror attack by Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) in February last year that triggered a new confrontation between India and Pakistan, the attack by the Indian Air Force against a facility from JeM in Balakot and retaliatory action by the Pakistan Air Force.
The articles refer to other events, such as the 1999 Kargil conflict and the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks, which led to clashes between the two countries, but do not mention the role of Pakistan-based elements in triggering these events. .
Lt. Gen. (Retired) Raza Muhammad Khan, former corps commander and former NDU president, in his article, “The Prospects and Panacea for Peace in South Asia,” recommended the creation of a “National Cashmere Fund and international, “saying that the Pakistani public could” provide tax incentives for donations. “
The federal government, in the absence of resources, “should encourage provinces to allocate at least one percent of their NFC [National Finance Corporation] stocks and profits “and the Kashmir Fund must be controlled by the prime minister to prevent human rights violations in Kashmir,” informing the Indian masses and liberal intellectuals of the colossal cost … of enslaving nine million cashmere … and expose the lies of the Indian government, “Khan wrote.
Khan also recommends that Pakistan should enter into a dialogue with India “conditional on the reversal of all illegal measures taken by him in August, and the inclusion of third parties, preferably UN mediators, in the process.”
Journalist Farzana Shah, who focuses on defense issues, wrote in her article “National Security and the Emerging Geopolitical Scenario: Deleting Article 370,” that Pakistan should adopt an immediate solution by bringing “war to non-kinetic domains” such as information and cyber warfare and electronic warfare.
Pakistani establishments “should support the government’s diplomatic efforts through operations in these two domains with the specific objective of extracting authentic information from stakeholders in [Kashmir], the most important thing of the general public … Once the information [is] gathered, fo [Foreign Office] it must be disseminated with an adequate narrative of the state of Pakistan, “he wrote.
“A single video clip or image can change the perception of India, which it has built so painstakingly over the years. Pakistan needs to keep global attention on [Kashmir] and to make communication links within the [Kashmir] a valley must be established … Pakistan’s response in these two domains will be purely non-kinetic, denying any arms involvement. If executed correctly and a local survey occurs inside [Kashmir], will make it extremely difficult for India to continue selling the terrorism card … “.
“Only a native uprising will be fair and politically defensible for Pakistan in international forums. Even such an uprising will need support in the information domain, ”he added.
Legislator Mushahid Hussain, chairman of the parliamentary commission on the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), wrote that Pakistan must pursue a multiple strategy vis-à-vis India and Kashmir with the “kind of clarity and commitment that Pakistani policy makers demonstrated while the nuclear bomb is built. “
Such a strategy should target Modi and his RSS Gang, and separate them from the broader Indian society and politics that opposes Modi, along with a united front of all Kashmiris and the Kashmiri resistance link with other insurgencies within from India, “he added. .
Former Foreign Secretary Shamshad Ahmad Khan, in his article “India-Pakistan Relations in Perspective”, wrote that “India’s continued rise in Afghanistan will continue to be a no less serious danger to the already volatile security environment of this nuclearized region “than the Soviet presence in Cuba in the early 1960s.
“Our main concern has always been to offset India’s superior conventional strength. The only credible response has to be a counter force that in the sad India-Pakistan scenario could only be tactical warheads, “he added.
The former diplomat wrote that US President Donald Trump’s offer during Prime Minister Imran Khan’s visit to Washington in July 2019 to play a “facilitating role in solving the Kashmir problem” was the “best position ever taken by a US president. in recent history on India -Pakistan Issues. “
While continuing to support the Kashmir “freedom movement”, Pakistan should resume compound dialogue with India to build trust and develop mutually beneficial cooperation, he wrote.
