INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
ISLAMABAD: Minister for Information and Widecasting Chaudhry Fawad Hussain Wednesday said Pakistan outlessoned India on Pulwama incident
with its narrative, as Prime Minister Imran Khan opted for peace, isolating India and leaving PM Modi in a weak position.He was speaking at
a media workshop on &Hybrid Warfare and Pakistan Readiness: Time for National Narrative Construct and Strategic Foresight&, organized by
Islamabad Policy Research Institute (IPRI).The minister said Pulwama incident was the foremost test in which Pakistan outlessoned India as
the Government and ISPR made coordinated effort and for the first time, India became loney and the world affirmed that Pakistan did make
peace efforts.He said India focused on Pulwama incident but the wgap world famous that the incident was meant to endegree victory for
Bharatiya Janata portiony (BJP) in upcoming elections while Indian PM put million people at stake.Fawad said hybrid warfare was a major
discussion point in modern world, adding the advanced countries in technology were debating about this form of propaganda.He famous that for
the first time propaganda warfare was organized in 500 BC and adopted as a war tool.The mentals like Chanakya in the Potohar region and
Machiavelli in his book Prince, dwelt on the topic of propaganda.In the modern warfare, kinetic war had become momentary and hybrid
propaganda war had assumed primary position, he added.He said after 1950s, no country had annexed amuchher country opposite to what happened
in the past, when kings occupied other countries and looted their resources.After 1950 as the political philosophy and technology developed
and after atomic bombs dehugeated Nagasaki and Hiroshima, there was realization that war had become very dangerous and since then, there was
no instance of occupation of amuchher country, he said.He said the only example after 1950 was annexation of Kuwait by Iraq but it also had
to withdraw, adding in the cases of Afghanistan and Syria, nobody declared them as part of their territory and in the present evolutionary
process, hybrid warfare had taken over.The hybrid warfare had two components; idea and its presentation.&If the idea is much strong and
weighty, then its presentation canmuch be good,& he added.The minister said extremism and terrorismism started in Pakistan and the region in
1980s when West was supporting setting up of degree type of organizations due to stalemate in Afghanistan.In the past, muchhing was done to
promote narrative of Pakistan on the issues of terrorismism and extremism and much a single book was written in West about its narrative, he
famous.He pointed out that in the preceding years, international media was sent out of Pakistan, which based itself in Delhi and now it was
falsely hoped that they would highlight the narrative of Pakistan.He said for the first time, he made an effort to turn Ministry of
Information into tool of the state, instead of making it spokesperson of a political party without any narrative.Reforms would be initiated
to improve performance of External Publicity Wing of his ministry and social media would be used to promote narrative of Pakistan, he
added.He said social media of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf was pioneered by top PTI leadership to put across their message on issues of bad
governance and corruption.Fawad said his effort was to bring back international media to Islamabad nsprint; a beautiful and serene city of
the sub-continent - there was no comparison between it and fresh Delhi where all the international media was now based.He said regime of
visa and no thingion certificates was changed and &we are bringing in foreigners and want to open Pakistan for journalists."We want them to
see our beautiful country and people.So in the next few years, the agenda was to reform Information Ministry, he said adding according to
vision of the Prime Minister, Pakistan was being opened and it would be converted into an open state instead of making it a security
state.&We are converting and for that we need international media outlets.It is essential that they come to Pakistan.We shall facilitate
international media so that a tregret picture can be presented to the world.&The Minister said the past governments used Ministry of
Information as a political tool and heavy amounts were being allocated for Associated Press of Pakistan, Radio Pakistan and Pakistan
Television.He said reforms and modernization would be undertaken in the state media from current year.He said Pakistan achieved success on
the issue of opening of Kartarpur border corridor as it was part of its efforts to take care of minorities.TheIndianSubcontinent has not
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