Asim Malik belongs to a blue-blooded army family. His father was a three-star general whose generation saw both military action and career advancement under Zia-ul-Haq.
A Sword of Honour recipient, Lt Gen Asim Malik is first ISI chief with a doctorate. He is also first serving chief of Pakistan’s spy agency to occupy the office of NSA simultaneously.
ACM Katre was 2nd IAF chief to die in harness. It was at a memorial lecture in his honour where IAF chief AP Singh revealed that India shot down 6 Pakistani aircraft in Op Sindoor.
Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.
“The new NSA will have the task of convincing the world that Lashkar-e-Taiba and Jaish-e-Mohammed do not exist in Pakistan”! Wow! Even if both Lashkar-e-Taiba and Jaish-e-Mohammed do exist in Pakistan, as there exist so much of proof, Pakistan wants to convince the world that these do NOT exist in Pakistan.
“The new NSA will have the task of convincing the world that Lashkar-e-Taiba and Jaish-e-Mohammed do not exist in Pakistan”! Wow! Even if both Lashkar-e-Taiba and Jaish-e-Mohammed do exist in Pakistan, as there exist so much of proof, Pakistan wants to convince the world that these do NOT exist in Pakistan.