Gen Raheel Visit of US, Analysis By Mian Ashraf Asmi Advocate High Court

 

Gen Raheel Visit of US

Analysis By 
Mian Ashraf Asmi 
Advocate High Court

         Just after meeting with Afghan President , the visit of our army chief to US  has become great importance because the gesture of Afghan President Ashraf Ghani was positive and it is history making his visit in Pakistan. No doubt US has fought the war in Afghanistan for a long time but one thing is very important to take into consideration is that US is in-fact not our friend, US just utilized us just nothing, now it is common thing and everybody knows this open secret that our nation is under the acute level atrocity of US & Indian Government in resent past and still now. Army chief General Raheel Sharif took decisive step  regarding the war against terrorism . that was not so easy because Pakistan is burning in this condition for a long time, even we have suffered trillion dollars loss of our economy,there is very dangerous effects on our social life, fifty thousand or above people martyred and heavy military loss  , army has suffered the lives from soldier to General level, there is biggest loss of our army in the history. In this reference if we talk about the resent visit of our army chief in the present scenario, it is very important, it shows the confidence level of our army, so hopefully   this visit will be fruitful for the Pakistani nation and this visit will be  also message for the Pentagon about the condition prevailing in the whole region. The details of the visit according to media source are as follow.Army Chief General Raheel Sharif arrived in the US on Sunday on a week-long visit for talks on security and defense issues ,Security in Afghanistan is likely to be a major subject of discussion in his meetings with senior US military leaders including Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Martin Dempsey and leaders of the Central Command at a time of growing convergences of views between Pakistan and the United States. The visit comes just two days after the army chief met Afghan President Ashraf Ghani during his Pakistan visit at the weekend. The US has welcomed the Afghan President's visit to Pakistan.General Raheel's meetings with his US counterparts are expected to provide an opportunity to enhance bilateral military-to-military cooperation. Pakistan's counter-terrorism efforts are also likely to figure in talks between the military leaders, Embassy sources said.General Raheel, who is scheduled to meet representatives from the Department of Defense, US Administration and Congress, will visit the US Central Command (CENTCOM) Headquarters in Tampa, Florida, today (Monday) and will hold a meeting  with CENTCOM Chief General Lloyd Austin.According to a report by The Washington Post, Gen Raheel is likely to be greeted with much more optimism and trust and 'far less skepticism' than his predecessor, Gen (retd) Ashfaq Parvez Kayani.

It quoted US officials as saying that Pakistan Army's operation against militants in North Waziristan has "boosted their confidence in Islamabad's commitment to combating terrorist groups operating within its borders."So we may hope that army chief will present view of the nation before the US authorities, such  great army chief in the conditions prevailing has gained more importance. Here a point should be kept in our mind that now the army has tackled the problems of terrorism effectively, the army  is striving to get rid of this evil. May Allah Pak Bless our nation.

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Write is practicing Lawyer in the Lahore High Court.