Islamabad : Information Service Academy (ISA) Executive Director Imrana Wazir has highlighted Pakistan’s strategic potential and emphasised the need for collective intellectual engagement to effectively address emerging regional and global challenges.
Imrana was speaking at a dialogue on “India’s aggression and Pakistan’s strategic response: contemplating the future course of action” organised here by Information Service Academy (ISA) in collaboration with Institute of Regional Studies (IRS) at ISA Auditorium.
She reaffirmed confidence in Pakistan’s ability to navigate future security challenges through strategic foresight and prudent decision-making. She noted that this was the first dialogue in a planned series and that similar engagements would be held over the next six months on other relevant and timely topics.
She also expressed appreciation for the collaboration and support of the IRS in making the event successful. Gen (r) Zubair Mehmood Hayat, former Chairperson, Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee, in his keynote address shared strategic lessons drawn from recent regional developments, stressing the importance of vigilance, credible deterrence and strategic prudence.
He noted that sustainable peace must be underpinned by robust security preparedness and observed that India’s strategic assumptions proved erroneous. He added that India failed to impose a so-called “new normal” and emphasised the need for India to abandon Operation Sindoor and shift towards diplomacy, realism and restraint.
Other panelists emphasised the importance of maintaining a calibrated military posture complemented by proactive and effective diplomacy.
