Tuesday, October 8, 2013


I do not agree with the views presented in this article which basically hold Kayani's presence in the army as the problem of creating bad sentiments and relations between India and Pakistan. Yes, Kayani is holding a good position - a position which has been influencing the decisions about India- but it is not the only problem. There are other elements - mainly ISI outfits along with fanatic Islamists groups - in Pakistan which do not want to see any improvement in these relations. No matter how hard the civilian government in Islamabad wants to ameliorate the relationship between the two countries, but the Jihadis and the ISI establishment always try to derail these efforts. They want to mold Pakistan into a conservative Islamist country running on Sharia Law which basically takes the people of a given country to the 7th century life style. Unless the organizational chart of civilian/army/ISI entities in Pakistan is changed - meaning that the civilian government in Islamabad is declared the "boss' and all other departments and establishments report to the civilian government, this writer is not very hopeful that any replacement of Mr. Kayani will be able to bring a sigh of relief in the relationships. So, instead of waiting for the scenario to improve in Pakistan, what India ought to do is to carry on with the effort to dismantle Pakistan- such as help the Baloch towards freedom, work with the Sindhi community towards independence, also see if the KP Province of Pakistan needs help to separate themselves from Pakistan. Once Pakistan is reduced only to one Province - Panjab Province- lot of issues will be settled automatically.

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