Pakistan Army Chief: "Fully Prepared" To Meet Any Challenge

[fatman17]

Pakistan Army Chief: "Fully Prepared" To Meet Any Challenge

Thursday January 15th, 2009 / 16h14

ISLAMABAD (AFP)--Pakistan's powerful military chief Thursday vowed that his forces were "fully prepared" to meet any challenges, one day after his Indian counterpart said all options remained on the table.

Pakistani army chief of staff Gen. Ashfaq Kayani met senior commanders at the army's general headquarters in the garrison town of Rawalpindi Thursday to discuss the "prevailing security environment," the military said.

Kayani said Pakistan's army was "fully prepared to meet the challenges," the military said in a statement, without making specific reference to India.
He "further emphasized that the threat could best be defeated through a comprehensive national effort" and said he was satisfied with the "operation preparedness" of his troops, the statement said, without specifying the threat.

Relations between the two sides have been strained since the Mumbai attacks in November, which India has blamed on Pakistan-based militants. Pakistani officials said last month that troops were moved to the Indian border.

India's army chief Gen. Deepak Kapoor said Wednesday that while he regarded war as a "last resort," the current situation meant that "we in India are keeping all our options open and that must be clearly understood."

Pakistan's military is battling Taliban and militants linked to Al-Qaeda in the country's rugged northwest tribal areas bordering Afghanistan and is waging a separate campaign against Muslim extremists in the northwestern Swat valley.

 

[TOPGUN]

They just dont want peace they keep giving these cowardly statments and threats how will peace come in place with all this rubish shame on India for acting in such matter !!

 

[H2O3C4Nitrogen]

IS INDIA REALLY CONSIDERING TO GO TO WAR WITH A NUCLEAR ARMED CBM POWER..
OR ITS JUST A BLAME GAME TO EARN POINTS IN ITS UPCOMING ELECTIONS.

 

[ajpirzada]

i think now they are only tryin to pressurise us. they might have gone for strikes if PAF wouldnt have responded and also our army chief wouldnt have said that we will reply in minutes.

 

[highlander]

They just dont want peace they keep giving these cowardly statments and threats how will peace come in place with all this rubish shame on India for acting in such matter !!

You talk of peace and blame the Indian establishment for hijacking it, when it is the ISI itself that is sabotaging every effort made to establish peace. Terrorist organizations like the LeT actively with the support of the ISI are waging a war against India by killing hundreds of innocent Indian civilians and you then you accuse India of war mongering!! what do you expect us to do sit silently while terrorists from Pakistan keep slaughtering innocent Indian citizens, with the direct collaboration of the pakistan army.

Who betrayed India on the Lahore declaration?? Which was an historic opportunity for peace between the two countries. This is just one of the instances that i am quoting there are scores many where Pakistan has been the guilty party.

So please look carefully at your own record before you indulge in baseless rhetoric. Being selectively myopic doesn't help.

 

[Beskar]

You talk of peace and blame the Indian establishment for hijacking it, when it is the ISI itself that is sabotaging every effort made to establish peace. Terrorist organizations like the LeT actively with the support of the ISI are waging a war against India by killing hundreds of innocent Indian civilians and you then you accuse India of war mongering!! what do you expect us to do sit silently while terrorists from Pakistan keep slaughtering innocent Indian citizens, with the direct collaboration of the pakistan army.

We're living in 2009 now. Welcome back from your 8 years of peaceful sleep.

 

[highlander]

We're living in 2009 now. Welcome back from your 8 years of peaceful sleep.

Somehow you post has failed to answer any of the questions raised by me!! Is it because you don't have any??

All of us can indulge in rhetoric my friend, you are not the only one with the talent. But then sadly this not going to take us anywhere.

 

[Beskar]

Somehow you post has failed to answer any of the questions raised by me!! Is it because you don't have any??

All of us can indulge in rhetoric my friend, you are not the only one with the talent. But then sadly this not going to take us anywhere.

What question? You basically kicked another one of those rattling empty barrels that makes the "Pakistan still supports LET and terrorist in kashmir blah blah" sounds. The indigenous movement in kashmir is WELL active and is using peaceful means to raise their voice. In return, they're getting shot by the Indian army on a weekly basis.

Please, don't use "Fashion statements" in your supposed "Questions" Next time.

 

[highlander]

What question? You basically kicked another one of those rattling empty barrels that makes the "Pakistan still supports LET and terrorist in kashmir blah blah" sounds. The indigenous movement in kashmir is WELL active and is using peaceful means to raise their voice. In return, they're getting shot by the Indian army on a weekly basis.

Please, don't use "Fashion statements" in your supposed "Questions" Next time.

Well the ISI is still actively colluding with terror organizations like the LeT, as clearly evident from the Mumbai attacks. Such a stance will get pakistan nowhere, well except getting it declared as a terrorist state.

 

[Beskar]

Well the ISI is still actively colluding with terror organizations like the LeT, as clearly evident from the Mumbai attacks. Such a stance will get pakistan nowhere, well except getting it declared as a terrorist state.

The International community after their research and analysis have declared that Pakistani Government and the Military had nothing to do with the Mumbai attacks. Once again, congratulations on waking up after such a long time.

 

[moha199]

Well the ISI is still actively colluding with terror organizations like the LeT, as clearly evident from the Mumbai attacks. Such a stance will get pakistan nowhere, well except getting it declared as a terrorist state.

Who are you kidding buddy i will tell you this, Go to indian defence forum and sell your story. SOME OF YOUR INDIANS act so .... that which make the entire world laugh. LET was created way back by ISI to counter indians proxis in Pakistan, which means it was tit for tat game. LET had been banned for years by now so wake up buddy, Stop blaiming Pakistan's ISI for everything. Watch some CNN, BBC and other westren new beside some bollywood, hindu Extemist and radical media which is controled by hindu zionists. wake up and smell the coffee. India has been involed in BLA case for past 8 years strongly, Pakistan has mentioned it before but we Pakistani's are not little bitches who cry for stuff like you guys. Pakistan's rules are simple, If you will play dirty we will make sure we play the worst dirty game back. So in simple words india should act like a nation unlike a country who is ran by hindu zionist and extremists. Stop threating Pakistan because Pakistan is not scared of INDIA at all and never will be.

 

[ajpirzada]

Well the ISI is still actively colluding with terror organizations like the LeT, as clearly evident from the Mumbai attacks. Such a stance will get pakistan nowhere, well except getting it declared as a terrorist state.

we cant help u on this. its ur belief not ur doubt and therefore cant be changed. ull blame ISI for everything coz thats how u have been brought up. dont act lik u guys are angels. i dont remember creatin mukti bhani or fuding BLA.
also Let was banned long time back (u wanna believe it or not thats upto u) but that doesnt mean we dont morally support the freedom fighters in kashmir.

 

[highlander]

The International community after their research and analysis have declared that Pakistani Government and the Military had nothing to do with the Mumbai attacks. Once again, congratulations on waking up after such a long time.

Well the International community has not denied that ISI was not involved directly they have merely just not confirmed it. The ISI's rogue is well know to every one, so much so that the Americans had Nadeem Taj fired for giving information to the Taliban. The prime minister of India Dr.Manmohan Singh has clearly stated that an operation of the size, that happened in Mumbai could not have been done without the help of state agencies. And a man of Dr.Manmohan Singh's caliber is not used to talking drivel especially on such sensitive issues. Indian intelligence has transcripts of conversation between ISI officers (very similar to Musharraf's during Kargil) which clearly point to ISI involvement.

Like pakistan's earlier denial that Kasab was not a pakistani and the move to shift his parents and deny entry to his village to hide the truth wont do. Paksitan will have to own up sooner or later to ISI's involvement in the Mumbai terror attacks.

 

[Beskar]

Well the International community has not denied that ISI was not involved directly they have merely just not confirmed it. The ISI's rogue is well know to every one, so much so that the Americans had Nadeem Taj fired for giving information to the Taliban. The prime minister of India Dr.Manmohan Singh has clearly stated that an operation of the size, that happened in Mumbai could not have been done without the help of state agencies. And a man of Dr.Manmohan Singh's caliber is not used to talking drivel especially on such sensitive issues. Indian intelligence has transcripts of conversation between ISI officers (very similar to Musharraf's during Kargil) which clearly point to ISI involvement.

Like pakistan's earlier denial that Kasab was not a pakistani and the move to shift his parents and deny entry to his village to hide the truth wont do. Paksitan will have to own up sooner or later to ISI's involvement in the Mumbai terror attacks.

1. Sounds like a man blaming his "Fierce" Intelligence Agency Failures on Pakistan for supporting the terrorist act. Even though there's been constant statements coming in from the west about how Pakistani Government and ISI is NOT involved with the Mumbai attacks.

2. Why is it so hard for the GOI to produce those "Conscripts" as SOLID evidence against the Pakistani Government and ISI? We're already going through tough times and if India really had such evidence and information, they wouldn't delay a second to present all the necessary "Conscripts" to the International community to make things worse for us.

3. The village of about 200 people came out on the streets protesting against the allegations that Kasab was from their village. Not once, but A LOT of times. They weren't "Paid" or "Told" to do all that either.

Have a good one!

 

[XYON]

I think that the answer to the question of if India wants a war or not lies in the psyche of the Hindu mind. If this question would have been asked in the first 2 weeks of the Mumbai Mow Down, the answer would have been overwhelmingly YES!! If however asked after the west turned its back to Indian propaganda against Pakistan and after Pakistan mobilized its forces to counter Indian deployment, the answer from India would have been an overwhelmingly NO!

As I have written elsewhere in this forum about an old saying in the sub-continent that a Hindu does not have the courage to stab a Muslim in the chest, he will wait for him to turn around to quietly stab him in the back! We have not turned our backs yet to the Indians to give them a likely chance to do the historical deed! And YES! Pakistan first use nuke policy scares them to the required level of conflict diffusion. Indeed a great deterrent this M.A.D theory!