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Veer Naris of 1962 War December 15, 2012 Volume VII, Issue 12 100/- or US $10 Asia Defence News Asia DefenceAsian News Defence Analyses. Every Month. December 15, 2012 Volume VII, Issue 12 VII, Issue Volume 100/- or US $10 100/- or Veer Naris Of 1962 War Pak On Tenterhooks Will Pakistan Change? 1971 Revisited Trial And Terror The Incredible Army Vets Gravity Of “Bangladeshi” Menace HE DOES THIS FOR YOU. AND WE REPORT HIS SACRIFICES. Reporters risking their lives at the borders News from the skies and the seas 5 languages 120 newspapers subscribing and growing Which other news agency will give you such in-depth coverage of Asian defence news? ADNI ASIA DEFENCE NEWS INTERNATIONAL THE NEWS AGENCY THAT BRINGS YOU DEFENCE SECURITY COVERAGE LIKE NO ONE ELSE www.asiadefenceinternational.com 10-03-12 • LEO BURNETT, (ASIA DEFENCE NEWS: Page Ad) • 12-1445-04-A-SIKORSKY-ADN-UTCIP113 BLEED: 210mm W X 270mm H •TRIM: 180mm W X 240mm H • ISSUE DATE: 10-12-2012 Sikorsky S-70B helicopter Security. 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Cover Story 7 A Grateful Nation Remembers 1962 War Heroes 33 8 Armed Forces 33 Communications Have Reduced Strategic Gap : Antony Interview Of The Month 35 India And Singapore Review Security Ties 8 The Incredible Army Vets 16 He Developed UID For Army Equines By PN Khera 38 18 Paramilitary Forces 38 CRPF Celebrates 73rd Anniversary 1971 Revisited 18 Longewala! By Cecil Victor Neighbours 21 The Never Again War 39 Pak Unlikely To Dump Terror Assets By Cecil Victor 4 ASIA DEFENCE NEWS | December 15, 2012 | A publication of Asia Defence News International (ADNI) Established 1998 Patrons Lt Gen (Retd) M M Lakhera, PVSM, AVSM, VSM Former Governor of Mizoram I Ramamohan Rao Former Principal Information Officer Editor-in-Chief 41 P N Khera Editorial Advisors Hari Jaisingh Jammu And Kashmir Y C Halan 41 A More Confident Omar Moves Durbar To Jammu Consulting Editor By Ghazunfur Butt Rachna Chhachhi Executive Editor Yogendra Bali Contributing Editor Harminder Kaur Associate Editor Cecil Victor Bureau Chief, USA 43 K. K. Kapoor, Washington D.C. Bureau Chief, North East Bikash Sarmah, Guwahati North East Special Correspondents 43 Gravity Of “Bangladeshi” Menace By Bikash Sarmah Delhi: H.K. Verma, Sajid Ubaid Lucknow: Naila Kidwai Srinagar: Manzoor Zahoor Technology Jammu: Ramesh Gupta 46 Microwave Power Module Released Imphal: B.B. Sharma Photo Credits PTI Photo Service, Roshan Lal, Raj Kumar and Photo Division, Ministry of Defence Editor, Printer and Publisher Col (Retd) P N Khera, VSM B-4/156, Safdarjung Enclave, New Delhi - 110029 E-mail: [email protected], [email protected] Phone: +91-11-26171754, 46023657 Advertisement Manager 50 Y S Bisht Business Manager Manjeet Singh Soldier-Educationist 47 Air Chief Marshal NAK Browne Praises Dalhousie Circulation Manager Aftab Alam Public School By R S Ratra 50 Making Education A Positive Experience By P N Khera You can get Asia Defence News from Central News Agency Pvt. Ltd. P-23, Connaught Circus, New Delhi – 110001 New Subscriptions not accepted Phone: 011 - 23364448, Fax: 011 - 23626036 upto April 01, 2013 Designed & Printed by Adroit Printers at Twinkle Laminators, CB-74, Ring Road, www.asiadefencenews.com Naraina, New Delhi, Mobile: 9810515750 Editor’s word _____________________________________________ Pak On Tenterhooks akistan is on tenterhooks, One, over a plaint filed by a for- television mouthing threats of military wondering which side the mer army officer against the grant intervention. military cat will jump. It of a full three-year extension in ser- Now it remains to be seen who is once again sundered vice to incumbent Chief of Army Staff will plunge Pakistan back into military by a three-way split in its General Ashfaq Pervez Kayani. The dictatorship. The General Headquarters body politic with the judiciary at log- retired Colonel is a legal adviser to has been insisting that problems con- Pgerheads with the executive on the one an ex-Servicemen’s organization and cerning military personnel must be dealt hand and with the military on the other. an avowed activist for justice for dis- with exclusively under the Army Act And each of the other two gunning for appeared persons in Pakistan. That by court martial and other due pro- one another. he was beaten up by unknown persons cesses. In the Kayani case the retired To some extent the crisis between is a normal sideshow ordained for per- Colonel who apparently knows military the executive and the judiciary had sons who dare to take on the military law inside out because he has defended ameliorated with the executive agreeing establishment. His plea against the colleagues with a grouse against to write to the Swiss authorities to reopen Kayani extension was first rejected by the establishment has made a point the corruption case against President the Islamabad High Court but later which the Islamabad High Court will Asaf Ali Zardari. It was a confrontation a division bench accepted it for early have to address – that having crossed that cost former Prime Minister Yousaf hearing. So General Kayani has a per- the superannuation age of 60 years the Raza Gilani his job. sonal problem. Army Chief falls outside the purview of With that out of the way the ruling The second, and potentially more the Army Act and it is within the juris- Pakistan People’s Party had hoped that dangerous development, was the order diction of civil courts to pronounce on till the next elections peace would pre- handed down by the Supreme Court in his fate. vail. The Supreme Court belied that the Air Marshal (Retired) Ashgar Khan That is not the only problem Kayani expectation. The judges made it plain case against the former Chief of Army faces. Allegations have surfaced that his that if President Asaf Ali Zardari does Staff General Aslam Beg and the then brother is deeply involved in a financial not relinquish the Co-Chairmanship Director General of the Pakistan Army scam. It has been read to be a tit-for- (with son Bilawal) of the PPP he could Inter-Services Intelligence Lt General tat for the expose (allegedly engineered be in contempt of the court and be dis- Asad Durrani for distributing money to by the GHQ) about Chief Justice Ifti- qualified from being President as well. ensure that neither the iconic Benezir kar Chaudhuri’s son’s involvement in the This would have far-reaching conse- Bhutto of the Pakistan People’s Party pharmaceutical import case. So, as they quences for an already unstable political nor Nawaz Sharif of the Pakistan Mus- say in Urdu, all of us are naked in this system. lim League were elected in the 1990 hamam (bathtub). It is the burgeoning confrontation elections. Hence the fear evoked by the between the Supreme Court of Pakistan The Supreme Court Chief Justice impugned General Aslam Beg that some and the military establishment that has Iftikar Chaudhuri ordered that both serving, or retired, military personnel evoked open and undisguised threats of the retired military personnel be pros- may decide to throw the bathwater out a repeat of earlier military interventions. ecuted. That put the fat in the fire and of the window. The baby called democ- Here too there are two dimensions. General Aslam Beg was seen on national racy will also go with it P N Khera 6 ASIA DEFENCE NEWS | December 15, 2012 | _______________________________________________ COVER STORY A Grateful Nation Remembers 1962 War Army Chief Gen Bikram Singh Interacting with 1962 Heroes War Veterans A function to honour the Veterans of 1962 War was conducted at the Manekshaw Centre in New Delhi on November 21, where over 200 Army Veterans and Veer Naris were felicitated. The Army Chief General Bikram Singh addressed the august gathering, lauding the brave action and sacrifices of the martyrs while assuring wholehearted support and continued assistance to the families by the Army. The 88 Veer Naris were paid due respect and honoured by Mrs Bubbles Singh, President, Central AWWA, reports ADN he next of kin of eminent daughter of (Late) Lt Col Awasthi 1962 to safeguard the nation’s territorial integ- soldiers included, four War Martyr. rity, undeterred by adverse terrain and sisters of Capt Mahavir The event was followed by homage hostile weather conditions. Prasad, 1 SIKH, daugh- to all ranks of the Indian Army and all An impressive exhibition showcas- ter of Sub Joginder Singh, unsung soldiers who made the supreme ing photographs of troops in gallant PVC, 1 SIKH, son of Brigadier Hoshiyar sacrifice in the line of duty. A narration action and accounts of various bat- TSingh, PVC, 3 Grendiers. Also present of the 1962 war in the form of movie tles were at display. In keeping with was Mrs Niharika Naidu wife of for- clippings highlighted how the Indian the COAS’s Key Result Area of look- mer Vice Chief Lt Gen ML Naidu and troops braved innumerable hardships ing after the Veterans and Veer Naris, kiosks of various welfare schemes and information related to housing schemes, all entitlements to next of kin/ex-Ser- vicemen, placement opportunities and details of resettlement programmes were also made available.
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