Pakistan Army chief General Asim Munir promoted to the rank of Field Marshal, Pakistan’s Geo News reported on Tuesday. Asim Munir is Pakistan’s Chief of Army Staff (COAS). General Asim Munir’s failed attempt ultimately contributed to the success of India’s Operation Sindoor.
‘Asim Munir is a fanatic’
Earlier, Former Indian High Commissioner to Pakistan, G Parthsarthy called him a “fanatic.” He said, “The problem is Pakistan now has an Army chief called Asim Munir. Asim Munir is a fanatic and he personally believed that he can take on India thus he has paid the price… He has been defeated and defeated disgracefully.”
Parthasarthy said that the Sharif brothers “have got caught in the army’s wars as Prime Minister”.
‘Asim Munir, Osama Bin Laden the same’
Michael Rubin, a former Pentagon official and senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, said Munir is no different from Osama Bin Laden and accused him of supporting terrorism. “The only reaction that the United States should take is a formal designation of Pakistan as a state sponsor of terror and a designation of Asim Munir as a terrorist. The only difference between Osama Bin Laden and Asim Munir is that Osama Bin Laden lived in a cave and Asim Munir lives in a palace, but beyond that, the two are the same, and their end should also be the same,” Rubin Said.
‘You can pretend that Pakistan isn’t a terror sponsor, but it remains a terror sponsor’
He further said, “It was shocking, but this just goes to show you that you can put lipstick on a pig, but it’s still a pig. You can pretend that Pakistan isn’t a terror sponsor, but it remains a terror sponsor, no matter how much we try to normalise it. As for the timing, just as there was a terrorist attack when Bill Clinton went to India, so too does it seem that Pakistan wants to draw attention away from Vice President JD Vance’s trip to India. The United States shouldn’t let Pakistan get away with it, and we shouldn’t pretend that this is some sort of spontaneous action.”
