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Kayani’s call for Siachen Glacier’s demilitarization helps peace: Daily | An editorial in a Pakistan daily has lauded army chief General Ashfaq Pervez Kayani’s comments that the Siachen
Glacier should be vacated by troops from both sides and progress towards peace be made with India. The Express Tribune editorial also praised his suggestion
that the defence budget should be cut and more allocation should to be spent on
development and his acknowledgement that the strength of a country lay in its
people. “The realisation that our nation will progress, not through military might
alone, but also through developing the tremendous potential of our people, is
a significant one. Many nations have discovered that the will and strength of
their people count more than the power of arms. We must capitalise on this notion
immediately,” the editorial said. It said that his comments have opened a window
of opportunity has been provided by the army chief’s comments and added that the
military should build a system where more resources can be allocated for development
and taken away from defence. “The power of the army has long been seen as an obstacle
to reallocating resources and also to building peace with India . It now seems
that an impediment may have been removed and the path for greater institutional
cooperation may have been laid. Let us not allow this opportunity to go to waste,”
the editorial concluded.
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