‘Professional Institution’: Copter incident elicits praise for army

General Singh said Pakistan allowed an Indian helicopter with four army personnel to return home after 5 hours.

ISLAMABAD: Indian Major General (retd) Jatinder Singh has said that Pakistan’s decision to return an Indian helicopter vindicated his view that Pakistan Army was a “professional institution”.

In a letter published in The Hindu newspaper, General Singh said Pakistan allowed an Indian helicopter with four army personnel to return home five hours after the aircraft was forced to land in Skardu for violating Pakistani airspace.

“This action vindicates my long-held view that the Pakistan Army is a professional institution, not a rogue army as some sections of the media, service colleagues, and politicians would like to suggest,” he said.

Published in The Express Tribune, November 2^nd, 2011.