Sunday, October 18, 2015

From the time Mr. Sharif came into power couple of years ago, only one civilian person - Mr. Sartaz Aziz - was holding both the portfolios - Foreign office and the National Security Office, which many felt was not the right way of operating a foreign policy.  It was too much responsibility on one man's shoulder to do the job the right way.  Finally, the government in Islamabad decided to fill the gap and appoint another body to separate these two offices which may be a good idea to have an optimum output.  However, the point to ponder here is to see the background of a new appointee - Lt. Gen Janjua.  First of all, he has a military background and has been pushed up front on the instigation of a Pakistani military establishment.  His background reveals that he is an anti-India and believes in draconian policies as respects to people in Balochistan.  As this writer visions, what is going to happen is the civilian government in Islamabad will further lose control on the foreign policy because the guidelines on this topic will be channeled through the nexus of Pakistani military and ISI.  Also, people in Balochistan will have more rough times in the future.  There will be a fewer dialogues exchanged between India and Pakistan.  Since the ultimate aim of the Pakistani army is to control the reign of  Pakistan, hence they got their own man, Mr. Janjua, placed in the inner circle of a civilian government with full authority to frame Pakistan's foreign policy.  Moving a step further, may be this is a chess move played by the military to eventually push the civilian government out and take over the throne in Islamabad.  Since the economic, cultural, social, educational along with a sectarian situations in Pakistan are deteriorating and people are feeling really fed up, it is an opportune opportunity for the military to take over.  As far as India is concerned, the future dealings with Pakistan are not going to be bed of roses and India needs to be alert and proactive.

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