When Pak Army chief asked officers to read a book on India's thriving democracy

It seems like Pakistan Army chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa doesn’t share the visceral hatred of his predecessor for India, and even asked top officers to read an academic’s book on Indian democracy and the army. During his first speech, General Bajwa told officers at the Rawalpindi Garrison in which he asked  them to read Army and Nation: The Military and Indian Democracy written by Steven I Wilkinson, the Nilekani Professor of India and South Asian Studies at Yale University.

The 2015 book explains why India succeeded in keeping the military out of politics while other countries have failed. Bajwa it seems reads a lot about India, including reports in the media and books about the country, and his interest in India dates back to when he was young major serving on the LoC in 1982.

Bajwa reportedly said that the Pak Army must remain with its constitutionally defined role and not care for the power struggle often seen in Pakistan between the central government and the army. Bajwa was earlier serving as Inspector General of the Training and Evaluation department and also commanded the famed 10 Corps, the army’s largest, which is responsible for the area along the Line of Control (LoC).