Countering insurgency needs the Pakistan Army to demonstrate a political will that ties leaders at the centre with those in the borderlands. But it may not have the imagination.
Centre for Science and Environment in new report makes case for rationalising GST on waste material, saying most informal operators can’t afford high tax & it also hinders recycling.
21st edition of annual joint military exercise will be held from 1 to 16 September, aimed at sharing military tech, operational best practices & disaster relief coordination methods.
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.
General, you have very succinctly summarized the situation in your last sentence. Now the key is to get the bureaucrats in the MHA to put objectives/targets into black and white -but why should the babu want to get evaluated against metrics when he has played the politician against the military against the separatists for decades and got away to plum post retirement berths. The sooner the military realizes its out there on the point on its own so much the better for it. A highly structured and disciplined force attuned to achievement of mission objective has been allowed to be misused by generations of COAS’s who have only dreams of Governorship in their gun sights.
General, you have very succinctly summarized the situation in your last sentence. Now the key is to get the bureaucrats in the MHA to put objectives/targets into black and white -but why should the babu want to get evaluated against metrics when he has played the politician against the military against the separatists for decades and got away to plum post retirement berths. The sooner the military realizes its out there on the point on its own so much the better for it. A highly structured and disciplined force attuned to achievement of mission objective has been allowed to be misused by generations of COAS’s who have only dreams of Governorship in their gun sights.
The general has given the most contemporary and brilliant piece of suggestions for looking into this long complicated issue. It’s time to address