Now Pakistan Chief has come out admitting Islam is the reason for terrorism,what has Islam/Pakistan to say on this?
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He was here on a three day visit which ended on Friday. General Kayani said although the war against the LTTE has been won, the battle is still on as it will be won only when ex combatants are reintegrated into society. He added that a lot could be learnt from the expertise of the Sri Lankan army in fighting terrorism.
He said terrorism could be created by growing radicalism. “In the case of Sri Lanka, it grew in terms of ethnicity. But usually in South Asia radicalism grows in terms of religion,” he said adding that people are more sensitive when it comes to religion than ethnicity and that’s the situation Pakistan was facing presently.
Commenting on the relations with its neighbour country India, he said, “An arms race with India is not an option for Pakistan,” adding that the defence budget of India is nine or ten times bigger than Pakistan’s. But he said that he stands by the fact that he is India-centric as Pakistan has some unresolved issues and a history of conflicts with its neighbour.
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Describing Pakistan’s powerful army chief Ashfaq Parvez Kayani as a “complicated figure,” a top US expert on South Asia has said the General along with ISI”s Ahmad Shuja Pasha is the one who calls the shots in that country while President Asif Ali Zardari is “absolutely despised and loathed.”
“It’s interesting that the United States claims to want a democratic Pakistan, but whenever there’s a Congressional delegation that goes to Pakistan, they don”t meet their counterparts in the National Assembly. They all want to meet General Kayani and General Pasha, because they understand that”s where the power lies,” said Christina Fair of the Georgetown University.
“What Pakistan is doing vis-a-vis the terrorist groups that target India as well as us, like Lashkar-e-Taiba, what Pakistan is doing vis-a-vis the Afghan-Taliban, those policies are all going to be negotiated by General Kayani and General Pasha,” she said in an interview to the popular National Public Radio.
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