Experts say nothing new
According to Ayesha Siddiqa, who closely monitors Pakistan politics and is knowledgeable about it, the revelation between two Pakistani journalists is nothing but an attempt to harm Bilawal’s visit. Ayesha is also associated with the South Asia Institute. He has written in a tweet that it is worth noting that Bajwa was not doing everything alone, but other generals were also present there. Mir has said in a conversation with another journalist Zahra Naseem that General Bajwa had made a deal on Kashmir behind the scenes.
Uproar over Bajwa’s confession
If he is to be believed, Bajwa had confessed to 25 journalists that the tanks of Pakistan Army are useless and there is no money to even put diesel in them. Bajwa had also said that Pakistan’s army is not capable of fighting. According to Mir, Bajwa had made a deal on Kashmir along with the ceasefire on the Line of Control (LoC). After this ceasefire, Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi was going to visit Pakistan in April 2021. But Shah Mehmood Qureshi, the Foreign Minister in the then Imran Khan government, was getting annoyed by this. He told Bajwa that all this could be a trap laid by India.
such discussion since january
According to another Pakistani journalist Parvez Alam, this thing is not new. Ayesha Siddiqa had said the same thing a long time ago, as has happened between Mir and Zahra Naseem today. Ayesha says that this time this thing has come to the fore, so its purpose is only to harm Bilawal Bhutto’s visit to India. The talk of PM Modi’s visit to Pakistan is not new. These discussions have gained momentum since January this year.
Bajwa was mentioned again
Apart from Hamid Mir, another journalist Javed Chowdhary had also said this. On April 22, Mir again reiterated the same thing. Mir said that due to this proposed tour, a lot of tension had arisen between Bajwa and the Imran government. In a conversation with journalist Naseem Zahra on his video show, Mir reiterated this revelation. He linked the Indian Prime Minister’s idea of visiting Pakistan to Pakistan’s insistence on holding elections to the judiciary and the role played by General Bajwa in trying to forge better relations with India.
