Dinesh Kamath's Editorial 'India needs the help of US to tackle Pakistan' that was published in Newsband

India needs the help of US to tackle Pakistan

The meeting between the Indian and Pakistani Foreign Secretaries in Delhi served as a reality check on the stalemate in the bilateral dialogue. India raised its concerns about Pathankot, the 26/11 investigation, and consular access to alleged spy Kulbhushan Jadhav. Pakistan brought up alleged Indian interference in Balochistan and its concerns about investigations in the Samjhauta Express blast. Both statements clearly aimed at their respective domestic audiences.

The meeting in Ufa between the two Prime Ministers, PM Narendra Modi’s unscheduled Christmas Day visit to Lahore, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj’s December visit to Islamabad as well as the sustained contact between the National Security Advisers had earlier given an impression of momentum towards a historic summit in November 2016.

Unless and until India builds herself to a bargaining position with the US, Pakistan is not going to stop itching India. It is playing a second fiddle to any nations like the US, China etc. just to trouble India. It has no system of Governance, no democratic or any 'type' of Constitution with modern, scientific ideology and vision. It is an 'adda' of a motley bunch of self-seekers and war-mongers.

Everyone should remember that the very existence if Pakistan is based on anti-India platform. So, it is waste of time if we Indians desire to have comprehensive dialogue for long term peace and harmony. The Pak authorities will not wish for long term peace and harmony which is self defeating as far Pakistan's very existence is concerned.

Pakistan is not a 'normal' nation-state. It has never been and will never be. It was created for selfish strategic reasons of Britain, and it was then 'handed over' to the US as British power waned. The shrewd Chinese stepped in as they understood Pakistan for what it really was, namely a piece of real-estate run as a 'business enterprise' by a coterie, rather than as a nation-state. If the original founders of Pakistan such as Iqbal, Sir Syed Ahmed Khan, Jinnah, Liaquat Ali Khan, Raja of Mahmudabad et al were driven by their super-sized ego and used religion as a card to achieve their goal while subserving their British masters, today's leaders run it as an 'enterprise' where jihadi terrorism supported by the 'sarkar' is the watchword, where criminals from far and near ply their trade and the state itself survives on blackmailing the world.

Leadership of both the states are smart enough to keep their respective publics busy to divert their attention from them to keep their failures to deliver the goods

Resolution of dispute between India-Pakistan will require a different approach because of uniqueness and complexity of the pending issue.
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