Till some time ago, the Pakistani Army was facing criticism from all sections of society for alleged role in politics. Many people in Pakistan accused the generals of manipulating the last year’s general elections of keeping former-PM Imran Khan out of power. He specifically convicted General Asim Munir, the head of the army, for his role in rejecting Khan, denial of military.
A cab driver in Karachi told DW a month ago, “We are facing a lot of problems by the army.” “They are putting Khan behind bars, they are said that he is a challenge that challenges the army’s dominance,” said.
But Pahngam Town-in India Administration Kashmir-on on April 22, everything changed after a deadly attack on Hindu tourists, with 26 people, most of whom were killed.
The claim of this attack is called Kasmeir resistance by a group, which India says, it is known as a front front and is associated with a nominated terrorist organization Lashkar-e-Taiba (Late).
New Delhi convicted Islamabad for supporting the attack, denied Pakistan on charges.
The crisis soon joined a major military conflict between two nuclear-cosmetics hardcore rivals.
On 7 May, the Indian Air Force launched a missile strike, which New Delhi said there were terrorist camps in Pakistan and Pakistan administered.
Dozens of deaths died in the thesis attacks, and there was a great increase in death when Pakistan retaliated two days later with its own attacks.
Pakistani army back on driver’s seat
“Unpopular rule is encouraged by such military conflicts. After India’s attack, even [Pakistani] The military critics, who are generally generous and secular, were demanding that Islamabad should teach a lesson to New Delhi, “Nazir Mahmood, the political analyst in Islamabad, said DW.
Both India and Pakistan recently claimed victory in the Kashmir struggle, ordinary citizens ralled behind their governments.
In Pakistan, social media users have taken a bath with an increased nationalist enthusiasm on the armed forces. In some cities, people took to the streets to “celebrate” the Pakistani Army’s “success” over Indian forces.
For example, Maryam Hasan, a 36 -year -old doctor in Lahore, reported that she was proud of the army’s performance. He said, “We have protected our country and have not emerged weak. We shot Indian fighter jets and attacked India at various places,” he said, referring to the claims of Islamabad.
Analyst Mahmood believes that the army gained its domestic strength. “Although the army had already controlled all regions of governance, its grip on politics will now be tough,” hey said.
Lahore-based journalist and analyst Farooq Sulehariya said that there is no scientific way to measure how much the latest battle has increased the comments of the army’s popularity-social media posts and mainstream media, it is running upwards.
Sulehariya said, “We must understand that support for the army emerges from an anti-India spirit. The army now wants this letter as its success. It will be used for image-building.”
Story ‘Guard of Hindus’
Nationalist in India is also portraying this episode as “victory” for Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
The attack in Alagam put intense pressure on Modi’s government and punished criminals and their supporters.
“For India and Prime Minister Modi, the April 22 attack was responded to, so the opposition and social media users played the clip of Modi’s Modi’s Modi’s clip after the 26/11 Mumbai terror attack in 2008, [for a lack of response]”Uday Bhaskar, a retired Indian Navy officer, told DW.” Therefore, Modi had to prove that he could take India to the ‘Get Kya Karo’ (Entry and Hit) to the Punjab province of Pakistan, Muridke and Bahawalpur. ,
“This story bolts the image of a ‘Modi-left India’ as an outspoken, muscle and with zero tolerance for jihadi terrorism. Self-siddy, it leads to the story of the ‘Protector of Hindus’, which is the electoral benefit.
But the US has separated the ceasefire and Pakistan has disturbed the Hindu nationalist in India to the Hindu nationalist, which is in accordance with the Mantrate Institute for Strategic Studies President Shanti Mariete D’Aeja. “I don’t think the ceasefire is acceptable to all Indian nationalist groups as it is much less than its expenses of loss on Pakistan,” he told DW.
“, However, the BJP’s future policy towards Pakistan will remain until Islamabad leaves his claim on Kashmir and stops promoting terrorism. It has roughly a policy of other political parties,” D’Souza underlined.
Further curb in India and Pakistan
Experts say that despite the jingoistics spirit in the two countries after the conflict, it will eventually be common people of two nations who will tolerate the cost of violence.
Analyst Mahmud said, “The Pakistani army wants to intervene in politics, and the space for politicians will be reduced even more.”
According to the latest conflict Mahmud, Pakistan wants to have an economic cost: “The government is ready to present the annual budget in June. The government has already said that it is planning to increase the budget adequately. Money will shrink for development. To rule the country with an iron fist in the coming years.”
For Sulehariya, the current scenario is not well for civil rights in Pakistan. “Now there will be a major crack on the movements of the people in Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provinces. The officials will resort to more repressive measures across the country.”
Asked about whether New Delhi could use the struggle to marginalize critics including political opponents and minority communities, Bhaskar admitted that “sanctions on social media” may increase, but they hope that New Delhi will not reduce that road.
Murali Krishnan and Aaron Janjua, DW reporters in New Delhi and Islamabad, respectively, contrary to this report.
Edited by: Srinivas Majumdaru
