As the story goes, when some foreign officials, from Sandia if I remember correctly, visited Gen. Kidwai in the late 2000s, he had models of missiles on shelf’s on two of his walls, but the other two walls had empty shelfs. Asked by the visiting officials, what this means, the general alluded to Pakistan’s desire for new designs of missiles in the future.
So in the Mushraff era, the 2750 km limit was a
self imposed limit, so as to stay out of having anything to do with the Middle East. That is where it should have been left. The less said on the matter the better.
Going out and making some kind of official commitment to curtail the progra is a slippery slope Bajwa should not have gone toward. Even if future missiles stay within the 2750 km limit, you will have foreigners looking in, per what ever secrecy agreement.
Besides, by now Pakistan has learned not to assume leadership on the Palestine issue, when neighboring nations aren’t willing to fight kinetically. Pakistan was India focused, primarily in a defensive stance, and
Bajwa should have left well enough alone, on this issue and others as well. If true, Bajwa’s actions would undermine the credibility of deterrent and endanger the country, raising the risk India might indulge in a miscalculation.
This is making it even more necessary that the social contract between the state and the people needs to be rebuilt. secret deals and national interests sold out for what? Pakistan is in desperate need for a third republic, and economic stability to regain some semblance of independence.