Pakistan media feels 'smug' over letter leak

[Dance]

NEW DELHI: Indian Army chief General V K Singh's leaked letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh about ammunition shortage among other things has made headlines in the Pakistani media. Most newspapers have quoted Gen Singh's letter highlighting "two inimical neighbors (Pakistan and China)" and the "lack of preparedness of the Indian Army".

Express Tribune had a headline, 'India's million-strong army exposed as hollow', outlining details from the letter like Indian tanks lacking ammunition, the IAF's defences being "97% obsolete" and India's elite forces short of essential weapons.

It then says how, anachronistically, the India is the world's biggest military hardware importer.

The News had the report prominently placed on the front page, headlined 'Leaked letter reveals India's military weakness'. "The leaked letter lists shortcoming in embarrassing details in a serious blow to the government and the Asian giant's military prestige," it said.

The News, Pakistan's largest English daily, noted that the letter's publication "also ups the stakes in a public battle'' between Gen Singh and the government.

It noted Gen Singh's claim of having been offered bribe and described India's defence procurement processes as "notoriously corrupt".

The Dawn had the report on its back page, 'Indian army in bad shape, Gen Singh tells PM'. It said the letter's contents leaked on Wednesday "were more likely to make Pakistan feel smug than lead to any imminent catastrophe". It quoted former chief Gen Shankar Roychowdhury ruing on TV that "Pakistan must be laughing all the way".

Pakistan media feels 'smug' over letter leak - The Times of India

 

[Rafi]

Non of this a surprise to MI and Intel - these are part of the classified ORBAT and preparedness reports that our spooks are constantly conducting on the entity to the east. As these are of public record now, there is no harm in confirming the honorable COAS of india's assertions.

 

[Dance]

This is probably one of the most stupid and hypocritical articles that has ever been written.

 

[Paan Singh]

This is probably one of the most stupid and hypocritical article that has ever been written.

yeah,TOI is tabloid and i hate this paper.
@topic,

i am still not getting whats going on in our govt against chief?
who leaked letter??but i think its govt who leaked to malign army chief..

 

[LiberalAtheist]

the leaking of the letter has actually made the MoD wake the fck up and VK Singh although he did his job by informing the pm of the army's current capability he should have done it earlier the only way for these fcking politicians to do anything is if you fck with their voter base only then will they start to give a fck

 

[Rafi]

According to our information there is an internal tousle between different factions with both senior military officials and politicians on both sides, trying to maintain "perks" and the "skimming" of the massive defense budget.

The current COAS is sick of his service drawing the short straw, with shoddy and substandard equipment = that is putting his people's lives on the line.

According to our side - their is cynicism amongst his peers as to the timing of the good Generals statement - and the suspicion that the general himself is the source of the leak.

 

[Kyusuibu Honbu]

This is probably one of the most stupid and hypocritical articles that has ever been written.

Then why post it?

 

[Dance]

Then why post it?

to show the low standard of reporting by the indian media.

 

[divya]

its right time for Pakistan to come and get Kashmir ... aint it

 

[Kyusuibu Honbu]

to show the low standard of reporting by the indian media.

Then would be it be ok if Indians start posting from dubious Pakistani sources like rupeenews, ahmed qureshi written articles everyday., just to show low standard of reporting by the Pakistani media ?

This is a post sometime back, dunno why people contradict themselves.

The TOI(let) should be not be allowed to be posted on this forum when it comes to Pakistan because it's mainly BS

 

[Dance]

Then would be it be ok if Indians start posting from dubious Pakistani sources like rupeenews, ahmed qureshi written articles everyday., just to show low standard of reporting by the Pakistani media ?

This is a post sometime back, dunno why people contradict themselves.

TOI is supposed to be one of india's "leading newspapers".

Rupee news is not Pakistan's leading news paper, Dawn and Express tribune are ( never seen them post stupid articles like this)

And yeah this article reinforces my point-the TOI(let) and most indian newspapers in general are a big joke and its even a bigger joke when it comes to Pakistan reporting.

 

[Shabz Nist]

TOI is supposed to be one of india's "leading newspapers".

Rupee news is not Pakistan's leading news paper, Dawn and Express tribune are ( never seen them post stupid articles like this)

And yeah this article reinforces my point-the TOIlet is a big joke and its even a bigger joke when it comes to Pakistan reporting.

Sunshine....its your fault when your restrict your reading to TOI . There are plenty of quality news outlets in India like the Hindu. If you were looking for celebrity gossip and classifieds; TOI is your best bet. Otherwise stick to the more credible ones. A lot of people subscribe to the TOI due to its exceptional classifieds/properties and advertisements.MOD EDIT

 

[nwmalik]

dont believe all that u read

 

[Dance]

Just because your'e stupid; doesn't mean you have the right to throw a hissy fit at us.

Coming from a person who has gotten banned multiple times for trolling (and probably will continue to) yet still keeps coming back to this forum...funny

 

[notsuperstitious]

So are those headlines fake headlines like fake wikileaks?

Or an event that never happened?