In a development that should set alarm bells ringing in New Delhi, Pakistan has handed unprecedented power to Field Marshal Asim Munir, making him the country’s first ever Chief of Defence Forces (CDF) while he continues to serve as Chief of Army Staff (COAS). This structural change concentrates control of Pakistan’s army, navy, air force and strategic decision-making in the hands of one deeply aggressive, ideologically-driven man, one whose track record shows a hard-line, hostile posture toward India.

The decision may have been presented as a mere “restructuring,” but for India it is far more ominous: this is not bureaucracy being reworked, but the solidification of personal control over Pakistan’s entire defence and strategic apparatus. According to analysis published by Moneycontrol, M

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