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http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2019(IV-IV).06      10.31703/gssr.2019(IV-IV).06      Published : Dec 2019

The Kargil Adventure and Its Political Consequences

    This paper studies the pre and post Kargil war events. It also elaborates the calculation and miscalculations of Kargil adventure from the top military brass and the Kargil clique. This paper also describes the question of civil military relations in Pakistan and actual corridor of the decision making. It also Provides Knowledge about the plan of Kargil war, doctrine of secrecy, the aftermath of that adventure, the big bang between the civil-military leadership, the failure of diplomacy, the impact of Kargil war on political system. This paper also highlighted the attempt to get Kargil at the rate of Kashmir. It is assessed that the kagril episode had some precious consequences related to the battlefield, warfare and the supremacy of army as an institution. This paper also showed the activities happened on the freeze heights of Kargil seriously affect, politics and civil-military relations in Pakistan.

    Kargil, Kashmir, Military, Civilian leadership, Siachen, Religious Parties, Party Politics
    (1) Muhammad Shakeel Akhtar
    PhD. Scholar, Department of Pakistan Studies, The Islamia University Bahawalpur, Bahawalpur, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (2) Aftab Ahmad Gilani
    Associate Professor,Department of Pakistan Studies, The Islamia University Bahawalpur, Bahawalpur, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (3) Khurshid Ahmad
    Professor (Rtd),Department of Pakistan Studies, The Islamia University Bahawalpur, Bahawalpur, Punjab, Pakistan.