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Ex-Singapore Envoy Slams Pakistan Military and Questions Nation's Existence
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Moneycontrol•07-10-2026, 11:08
Ex-Singapore Envoy Slams Pakistan Military and Questions Nation's Existence
- •Former Singapore Ambassador Bilahari Kausikan questioned Pakistan's reason for existence after the 1971 creation of Bangladesh.
- •Kausikan criticized the Asim Munir-led Pakistan military, stating it has shifted from a secular force to a religious one.
- •He remarked that an army allowing its soldiers to grow beards is an army in trouble.
- •The former diplomat noted that Pakistan constantly teeters on the brink of state failure.
- •He warned that Pakistan's persistent instability is a major global concern primarily due to its nuclear arsenal.
Key Questions Answered
Bilateral Kausikan argued that Pakistan's original rationale as a homeland for Muslims in South Asia disappeared after Bangladesh split off in 1971, leaving the country with the sole identity of simply not being India.
He described the Pakistani military under Asim Munir as having evolved from a formerly secular institution into a religious one, remarking critically that an army is in trouble when it allows its soldiers to grow beards.
Kausikan noted that Pakistan constantly teeters on the brink of state failure, and international concern exists strictly because the country possesses nuclear weapons; otherwise, nobody would care.
