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MariaThinks

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Sat Jan 2, 2016, 10:33 PM Jan 2016

Pathankot strike plotted by Pakistan army headquarters?

Source: Times of India

NEW DELHI: The Pathankot attack may have been masterminded by the Pakistan Army's General Headquarters (GHQ) in Rawalpindi, as per an assessment by a section of the top Indian security establishment.

According to a senior intelligence official, the Pak GHQ is reportedly peeved at the positive reaction of the international community and media to PM Narendra Modi's Lahore diplomacy and Nawaz Sharif's hospitality and feels bypassed after the "fait accompli".

Though there were suggestions that the Pakistan army had backed the recent peace outreach, this narrative disagrees and feels ISI too is of the view that Modi's surprise visit to Lahore created a favourable civil society sentiment in Pakistan towards the civilian 'pro-peace' regime.


Read more: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Pathankot-strike-plotted-by-Pakistan-army-headquarters/articleshow/50422330.cms

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