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THE LONG HAUL AFTER BALAKOT BY LT GEN P R SHANKAR (R)

PURANA PAKISTAN HANGS PRIME MINISTER  NAYA PAKISTAN PROTECTS TERRORISTS  AND  JAILS PRIME MINISTER!  The high-profile aerial exchanges between us and the Deep State are over. Some de-escalation has taken place. The nuclear risk has been pushed back for now.  B ut …it is far from over. There is a lull in this battle. Lot of opinions have been expressed – some good, some bad. However, the pieces on the board have moved forward. The long hard haul of breaking the Deep State has begun. It is not going to be easy. There can be no let up. Where are we going from here? It depends on us. The ball is in our court. So, what does the court look like? Pakistan Economic Ground View- Insight of a Gulf NRI .   I got a significant insight from a Gulf based NRI. India is the third largest importer of LNG from Qatar and paying hard currency for it.   ( https://arabiangazette.com/india-qatar-lng-import/ ). It is the fifth largest trading partner...

THE POST BALAKOT REVIEW BY LT GEN P R SHANKAR (R)

The Pakistani FM to BBC: War would be suicidal. Pakistan has already started negotiating with a gun to its head! Welcome home Wing Commander Abhinanadan. Well done. You flew into the Valley of Death and survived.  India is proud. Sincere condolences to Air Marshal Waseem Ud Din on the loss of his son Shahaz Ud Din under most unfortunate circumstances. He was incredibly brave to continue his mission when others had turned around.   Paradigm Emerged A lot has happened since Balakot. Some in focus some out. Some hyped. Some diffused. Time to sum up the situation and see where things are heading. Militarily it is called Review of the Situation. I will do it journalistically so that the intellectual western media understands it. They might or not buy our story. Incidentally it is not a story. It is not for sale. This is real live action. Nuclear exchange receding. Not ruled out.     A fundamental paradigm has emerged. India’s fight is ag...

BALAKOT – THE WESTERN MEDIA HOGWASH BY LT GEN P R SHANKAR (R)

AMRAM MISSILE RECOVERED IN RAJOURI MISSILE GIVEN TO PAKISTAN FOR GLOBAL WAR ON TERROR MISSILE USED BY PAKISTAN FOR GLOBAL WAR FOR TERROR CHINA CLAIMS PAKISTAN IN THE FOREFRONT OF ANTI TERROR OPERATIONS! MEDIA HYPE? NO HARD FACTS! The Western Media Hogwash There is a WhatsApp message floating around which contains the views of New York Times, Washington Post, The Daily Telegraph, The Guardian, Jane’s Information Group and Gulf News on the recent Balakot Strike. I do not know if the contents are authentic. This analysis is based on the premise it is true. If not; this is countering ISPR propaganda with some hard truth for Indian consumption. The sum and essence of the float is that we struck a deserted camp, Mr Modi had to show some demonstrative results prior to elections, the strike missed the target etc. The international media has dissected it. They are not buying India’s strike story. Well Well! We are talking of the same international media which dissected, bou...

THE BALAKOT FALLOUT- AN ANALYSIS BY LT GEN P R SHANKAR (R)

Well begun is half done. One emotion which integrates all Pakistanis is hatred for India. Pakistani Army practices exhibition of rationality-irrationality. That is on display. The other half won’t be easy to sort out                                                                                                                                ...

DESTRUCTION OF THE DEEP STATE – A NATIONAL APPROACH BY LT GEN P R SHANKAR (RETIRED)

TARGET THE PAKISTANI ARMY. THE IMBALANCING CENTRE OF GRAVITY MUST  BE DESTROYED Authority Without Responsibility The Pakistani Army is in pole position. Full authority. No responsibility. Carry on with proxy war against India. Provoke the Indian Army.   Wave the nuclear card at the slightest indication of a conventional Indian retaliation. Anyway the conventional window is narrow and really not cost effective. Mr Imran Khan sans authority is made to do his puppet act of war avoidance with hollow promises. Kashmir is kept in flames. It is an unassailable winning position. India’s talks with a puppet is useless. It can’t deal with the Deep State which has concealed itself behind a constitutional farce. In fact, the Pakistani Army brass post Pervez Musharraf have played it smart by not staging another coup to assume direct responsibility. They are fighting a proxy war from a proxy position.   At every turn in its history, the Pakistani Army has been seen by the ...