Rift between Shehbaz Sharif and Asim Munir? Pakistan PM pleads for dialogue with India, but…

Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has appealed for talks with India while he was on tour to Turkey to Azerbaijan. He even said that Pakistan-India can talk in Saudi Arabia. So far Pakistan has been avoiding talking on the issue of terrorism, but Shehbaz Sharif repeatedly reiterated that we are ready for talks even on the issue of terrorism.

Apart from this, he also expressed his desire to talk on Kashmir, water and trade. Ironically, when Shehbaz Sharif has shown willingness to come at the discussion table, his Army Chief Asim Munir’s attitude is still intact.

Regarding the suspension of the Indus Water Treaty, Asim Munir said that Pakistan will never accept India’s supremacy. “No one has the right to compromise the basic rights of 24 crore people of Pakistan by stopping water,” he said. Not only this, once again Asim Munir said that Pakistan can never forget the issue of Jammu and Kashmir.

Not only this, Shehbaz Sharif is saying that he is ready to talk on the issue of terrorism, but the Army Chief said that this is India’s internal matter. Now the question is why Asim Munir’s language is opposite to that of Shahbaz Sharif.

Experts believe that the reason behind Asim Munir’s stance is to strengthen the image of the army. In Pakistan, the army always wants to appear aggressive against India so that its image remains strong compared to the political leadership. They want to show that even though the political leadership is soft, the army’s stance is tough. The reason for this is also that India has attacked Pakistan by entering inside and the army does not want that even after that our stance should appear weak. On the contrary, the Shehbaz Sharif government is appearing soft because it wants to create a narrative around the world that even though India has attacked us, we are still ready for talks.

There is a strategy hidden in Shehbaz Sharif’s leniency

In this way, the army wants to keep the common Pakistanis with its stance. At the same time, the government is trying to garner foreign support. It is also important for Asim Munir to maintain the public’s trust in the army because even though Imran Khan is in jail, his support base is large. In such a situation, if the public’s narrative towards the army weakens, Imran Khan can become stronger.

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