Thursday, November 29, 2018
Prime Minister Imran Khan's gesture and offer to open Hindu temples for Hindus interested in travelling to Pakistan to visit these religious places is a nice and well received gesture. So was the latest opening a Kartarpur corridor to improve relations between the two countries. However, Ms. Mehbooba who sounded like a mouthpiece and spokesperson of Imran Khan should realized that the relations cann't improve unless the civilian government in Islamabad has a final decision making authority in this matter. She is in politics, especially in local politics, for a long time, and one wonders what is it so hard to understand the main stumbling block of deteriorating relations between India and Pakistan. It is not the access to Kartarpur corridor or lack of approval for the Hindus in India to their religious places in Pakistan, it is the hell-bent anti-India mandate and attitude on the part of the Pakistani military establishment. Unless this anti-India attitude is altered, this writer has his apprehension about seeing any improvement in this situation. So, may be Ms. Mehbooba ought to talk to Mr. Imran Khan to look into this bone of contention - altering military's set mind predicated on anti-India ideology- instead of supporting Mr. Khan's toothless and baseless proposals.
Mr. Imran Khan said that he and his party are willing to move forward for peace between India and Pakistan if India takes one step forward with two steps taken by his party. He also said that his party and military in Islamabad are on the same page. I wonder what page is he referring to - page chosen by his party or the page decided by the Pakistani military. Pakistani history tells us that there was never any common ground between the civilian and military establishment in Islamabad as respect to relation with India is concerned. If he really meant what he says then let him take two steps - one to declare openly to stop abetting, aiding all terrorist activities in Pakistan and imprison all those who openly move around in his country raising anti-India slogans. Secondly, hand over all members of D-Company to India. Can he do it or dares to do it? If the answer is yes, then India should initiate a dialogue. One can see from the pictures at the Kartarpur corridor ceremony where Mr. Gopal Chawla - a pro-Khalistani activist is being greeted by the Chief of the Pakistani army that their intention is not good as respects to ameliorating relation between two countries. These political statements, as Mr. Imran Khan is making, are just political to appease the local subjects in the country - nothing else.
Wednesday, November 28, 2018
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