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Pakistani PM Shehbaz Sharif and military chief Area Marshal Asim Munir have lately visited PoK, delivering fiery speeches which have raised issues over regional stability
Pakistani Military chief Area Marshal Asim Munir lately visited the realm close to the Line of Management and counseled the officers and troopers deployed within the space. (Picture: News18)
Amid tensions in Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir, Pakistani management has heightened its provocative narrative contributing to political and navy friction surrounding the area.
Each Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and military chief Area Marshal Asim Munir have lately made high-profile appearances in Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir (PoK), delivering fiery speeches which have raised issues over regional stability.
Based on sources, throughout a go to to the Line of Management (LoC), Area Marshal Asim Munir was reported to be brazenly selling jihad, vowing that “Kashmir might be liberated quickly”. He counseled the “fight readiness” and “skilled excellence” of the officers and troopers deployed within the space, whereas reiterating Pakistan’s unwavering political, ethical, and diplomatic assist for the Kashmiri folks’s proper to self-determination.
Prime intelligence sources informed News18 that Shehbaz Sharif echoed this hardline navy stance, and addressed an meeting within the area stressing asserting that India has “no choice” however to grant self-determination. He claimed that sturdy peace in South Asia is unattainable till India abandons what he termed “aggressive, expansionist designs and nefarious conspiracies”.
The sources mentioned the impression of this rhetoric on the bottom seems more and more detrimental, as they usually lead to elevated pressure, infiltration, and violence for these residing near battle zones. Native views inside PoK, nonetheless, replicate a rising sense of frustration and worry.
They mentioned many residents consider that these aggressive stances are “political messaging” somewhat than a mirrored image of real concern for the inhabitants. Sections of civil society, together with merchants and youth teams, have expressed that such rhetoric has led to “financial disruption” and the lack of lives.
Residents worry, the sources mentioned, these provocations prioritise political signalling over the precise security and livelihoods of the folks. There’s a widespread feeling that the continued requires liberation have actively harmed native tourism, training, and employment alternatives, leaving the border inhabitants to bear the brunt of the escalating friction.
Islamabad, Pakistan
February 05, 2026, 23:16 IST
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