NEW DELHI, NOV 6: The present ruler of Pakistan (General Pervez Musharraf), who recently promoted himself, is facing a problem of legitimacy both at home and abroad, Chief of Army Staff General Ved Prakash Malik said on Friday.And in order to gain that legitimacy, Musharraf has to revive the economy and redeem the honour of the military. ``If he fails, then frustration would set in and it could manifest itself in something not good for us. And if he succeeds, they could get over-confident and then again, this could manifest itself in something not good for us,'' General Malik said.Delivering a lecture on Kargil and Beyond, he said that post-Kargil, there had been an increased Islamisation of the Pakistani Army and for everything, they had to fall back on religion. ``More than collusion and nexus, now there is a fusion between the Army and the mujahideen in Pakistan and this is apparent in the post-Kargil proxy-war scenario,'' he said.The General said that the defence policy ought to be moreaggressive, but refused to answer a question on the no-first use in the draft nuclear doctrine. ``That is for the Government. The nuclear weapon is a political weapon and not a military weapon,'' he said.One of the most significant outcomes of Kargil was the coup in Pakistan and the politico-military instability, General Malik said, expressing concern at the mushrooming madrasas in Pakistan. He said that as long as they remained institutions of learning, there was no problem. But they were becoming schools imparting military and weapon training, spreading sectarian hatred and were thus becoming breeding grounds of terrorists.The General, however, lamented that the soldier did not get his due. ``The nation has not been fair to those who laid down their lives and fought in the operation,'' he said, blaming the post-war political scenario and the flak the Army faced. ``Some stories were given a spin, based on limited knowledge and some were sheer fabrication. And due to politics, national achievement didnot get the due it deserved,'' he said.Malik admitted that Pakistan achieved the element of surprise, but added that its plan could not last long and operationally, it failed. He also said that the reasons for Pakistan's action could have been India's lack of aggressive intent, its lack of deterrence and inadequate resources to defend every inch of the territory.
