Pakistan Army - Revision history

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Pdewan: /* Militancy supporting international terrorism */

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‎Militancy supporting international terrorism

Pdewan at 18:30, 26 November 2016

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Pdewan: /* The Wide Footprint Of The Army */

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‎The Wide Footprint Of The Army

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Pdewan at 14:40, 22 November 2016

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Pdewan at 01:47, 20 January 2016

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Pdewan at 01:02, 29 June 2015

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‎The Wide Footprint Of The Army

Pdewan at 15:38, 9 March 2014

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 =The Wide Footprint Of The Army=
+==Pakistan, its army, and the wars within==
 Both the size and nature of the Pakistan Army have a huge impact on the country's economy and society. Rising from a relatively small force at independence, Pakistan today has an army of around 800,000 plus, including over 550,000 regular army and the rest as reserves. It is larger than the regular army of the United States. It increased its force size even after losing half the Country in 1971 with the independence of Bangladesh (formerly East Pakistan). In the process, Pakistan's security threat from India grew, forcing it to meet India's rapid growth of military might on the one hand, and on the other the appearance of the Soviet armed forces in Afghanistan to its west in the 1980s further propelled its expansion.
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 ‘The biggest of impact of 1965 war was to change the priorities of public spending… It is significant that Ayub Khan, a former commander in chief of the army, kept the size of the army under strict control, even though India's defense expenditure was rising rapidly after its confrontation with China in 1962. But following the war with India in 1965, defense expenditures were given high priority and phasing out of US military assistance after 1965 put additional burden on domestic resources. Real defense expenditure almost doubled between 1960-65 and 1965-70. This took its toll on development.’
 A serious conflict became evident after 1965 between development and defence. The Third Five Year, Development Plan (1965-70) aimed for a sharp expansion in public development spending while reducing defence spending as a proportion of GDP. In fact, development spending remained stagnant as a percentage of GDP while defence expenditures nearly doubled from 2.8 per cent of GDP in 1960-5 to four per cent in 1965-70.
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 Accompanying this economic domination of the political landscape, the army has also strengthened its political status within the rubric of the state's system of assigning seniority to different representatives of government.
 Successive civilian heads of government have allowed this imbalance between the civil and the military to grow. When I asked former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif if he was familiar with the Warrant of Precedence, he shook his head and asked what it was. I reminded him of the list that Pakistan inherited from the British and that established the relative ranking of civil and military officials for protocol purposes.
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	The new assessment is seen as an update from a National Intelligence Estimate issued a year ago, which said al-Qaida was seeking to deploy agents trained to carry out operations in the west. PTI		The new assessment is seen as an update from a National Intelligence Estimate issued a year ago, which said al-Qaida was seeking to deploy agents trained to carry out operations in the west. PTI
		+	=[[Gen. Qamar Javed Bajwa ]]=
		+	See [[Gen. Qamar Javed Bajwa ]]

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 ‘The biggest of impact of 1965 war was to change the priorities of public spending… It is significant that Ayub Khan, a former commander in chief of the army, kept the size of the army under strict control, even though India's defense expenditure was rising rapidly after its confrontation with China in 1962. But following the war with India in 1965, defense expenditures were given high priority and phasing out of US military assistance after 1965 put additional burden on domestic resources. Real defense expenditure almost doubled between 1960-65 and 1965-70. This took its toll on development.’
-[[File: The seniormost officers of the Pakistan Army, as in 2016a.jpg| The seniormost officers of the Pakistan Army, as in Nov 2016 (next in seniority after the then outgoing Chief of Army Staff, Gen. Raheel Shareef) <br/> [http://epaperbeta.timesofindia.com/Gallery.aspx?id=22_11_2016_028_005_004&type=P&artUrl=WHO-AFTER-RAHEEL-22112016028005&eid=31808  ''The Times of India'']|frame|500px]]
+[[File: The seniormost officers of the Pakistan Army, as in 2016a.jpg| The seniormost officers of the Pakistan Army, as in Nov 2016 (next in seniority after the then outgoing Chief of Army Staff, Gen. Raheel Shareef) <br/>
 A serious conflict became evident after 1965 between development and defence. The Third Five Year, Development Plan (1965-70) aimed for a sharp expansion in public development spending while reducing defence spending as a proportion of GDP. In fact, development spending remained stagnant as a percentage of GDP while defence expenditures nearly doubled from 2.8 per cent of GDP in 1960-5 to four per cent in 1965-70.

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 ‘The biggest of impact of 1965 war was to change the priorities of public spending… It is significant that Ayub Khan, a former commander in chief of the army, kept the size of the army under strict control, even though India's defense expenditure was rising rapidly after its confrontation with China in 1962. But following the war with India in 1965, defense expenditures were given high priority and phasing out of US military assistance after 1965 put additional burden on domestic resources. Real defense expenditure almost doubled between 1960-65 and 1965-70. This took its toll on development.’
-[[File: The seniormost officers of the Pakistan Army, as in 2016.jpg| The seniormost officers of the Pakistan Army, as in Nov 2016 (next in seniority after the then outgoing Chief of Army Staff, Gen. Raheel Shareef) <br/> [http://epaperbeta.timesofindia.com/Gallery.aspx?id=22_11_2016_028_005_004&type=P&artUrl=WHO-AFTER-RAHEEL-22112016028005&eid=31808  ''The Times of India'']|frame|500px]]
+[[File: The seniormost officers of the Pakistan Army, as in 2016a.jpg| The seniormost officers of the Pakistan Army, as in Nov 2016 (next in seniority after the then outgoing Chief of Army Staff, Gen. Raheel Shareef) <br/> [http://epaperbeta.timesofindia.com/Gallery.aspx?id=22_11_2016_028_005_004&type=P&artUrl=WHO-AFTER-RAHEEL-22112016028005&eid=31808  ''The Times of India'']|frame|500px]]
 A serious conflict became evident after 1965 between development and defence. The Third Five Year, Development Plan (1965-70) aimed for a sharp expansion in public development spending while reducing defence spending as a proportion of GDP. In fact, development spending remained stagnant as a percentage of GDP while defence expenditures nearly doubled from 2.8 per cent of GDP in 1960-5 to four per cent in 1965-70.

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 =The Wide Footprint Of The Army=
 Both the size and nature of the Pakistan Army have a huge impact on the country's economy and society. Rising from a relatively small force at independence, Pakistan today has an army of around 800,000 plus, including over 550,000 regular army and the rest as reserves. It is larger than the regular army of the United States. It increased its force size even after losing half the Country in 1971 with the independence of Bangladesh (formerly East Pakistan). In the process, Pakistan's security threat from India grew, forcing it to meet India's rapid growth of military might on the one hand, and on the other the appearance of the Soviet armed forces in Afghanistan to its west in the 1980s further propelled its expansion.
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 ‘The biggest of impact of 1965 war was to change the priorities of public spending… It is significant that Ayub Khan, a former commander in chief of the army, kept the size of the army under strict control, even though India's defense expenditure was rising rapidly after its confrontation with China in 1962. But following the war with India in 1965, defense expenditures were given high priority and phasing out of US military assistance after 1965 put additional burden on domestic resources. Real defense expenditure almost doubled between 1960-65 and 1965-70. This took its toll on development.’
 A serious conflict became evident after 1965 between development and defence. The Third Five Year, Development Plan (1965-70) aimed for a sharp expansion in public development spending while reducing defence spending as a proportion of GDP. In fact, development spending remained stagnant as a percentage of GDP while defence expenditures nearly doubled from 2.8 per cent of GDP in 1960-5 to four per cent in 1965-70.

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 =The Wide Footprint Of The Army=
 Both the size and nature of the Pakistan Army have a huge impact on the country's economy and society. Rising from a relatively small force at independence, Pakistan today has an army of around 800,000 plus, including over 550,000 regular army and the rest as reserves. It is larger than the regular army of the United States. It increased its force size even after losing half the Country in 1971 with the independence of Bangladesh (formerly East Pakistan). In the process, Pakistan's security threat from India grew, forcing it to meet India's rapid growth of military might on the one hand, and on the other the appearance of the Soviet armed forces in Afghanistan to its west in the 1980s further propelled its expansion.

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+[[File: Pakistan army, Some vital statistics.jpg|Pakistan army: Some vital statistics; Graphic courtesy: [http://epaperbeta.timesofindia.com/Gallery.aspx?id=14_01_2016_019_025_008&type=P&artUrl=Sleuths-ready-to-confront-JeM-chief-with-proof-14012016019025&eid=31808 ''The Times of India''], January 14, 2016|frame|500px]]
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		+	=Militancy supporting international terrorism=
		+	'' From the archives of "The Times of India" ''
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		+	''' ‘Pak militants are backing al-Qaida ops worldwide’ '''
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		+	Washington: Pakistani militant groups, most of whom previously focused on attacking Kashmir, have increased their collaboration with al-Qaida, providing safe haven to its fighters and supporting its operations against the west, a top US intelligence official has warned.
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		+	“...Since early 2006, Pakistani militant groups have increased their collaboration with al-Qaida. This includes ethnic Pashtun groups native to the tribal areas and groups from eastern Pakistan, most of whom previously focused on attacking Kashmir in India,” said Ted Gistaro, national intelligence officer for transnational threats in the office of the director of national intelligence.
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		+	“While a major focus of these groups is conducting attacks against coalition forces in Afghanistan, they provide safe haven to al-Qaida fighters, collaborate on attacks inside Pakistan, and support al-Qaida’s external operations, including against the west,” the officer said.
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		+	The new assessment is seen as an update from a National Intelligence Estimate issued a year ago, which said al-Qaida was seeking to deploy agents trained to carry out operations in the west. PTI

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 Excerpted with permission from
 Crossed Sword: Pakistan, its army, and the wars within
 By Shuja Nawaz
 Oxford University Press, Karachi.
 ISBN 978-0-19-547660-6
 pp. Rs695