Comments on: Pakistan, India and America

By: language of babies

language of babies — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 13:14:15 +0000

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By: Adeel; Khan

Adeel; Khan — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 03:32:03 +0000

I, being a Pakistani, am extremely ashamed of Musharraf. The parliament should expel him from the position of President immediately. I don’t see why national interests of a rogue communist authoritarian state like China to be more important than the the security of all countries in South and Southeast Asia. Musharraf has allowed China to build a deep sea port in Gwadar and as if this was not enough he is allowing China to build rail and road links into Pakistan under the name of trade.

History is being created as we speak and if we spinelessly bow down in front of a belligerent regime of China, I have no doubt that it would be opening up the way for Chinese invasion into Pakistan for our natural resources. I hope Pakistan does not become the “next Tibet” to be occupied or rather peacefully liberated by China in a few decades.

The best solution is a Free Tibet and a Free Xinjiang. The world should give them a chance and a helping hand to come out extreme oppression at the hands of the Communists. It is possible only with a unified and coordinated attack by the whole world on diplomatic, military, economic fronts.

By: Shantanu Chatterjee

Shantanu Chatterjee — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 18:28:26 +0000

Let us call a spade a spade pakistan is for all practical purposes a punjabi muslim country,despite its grandiose claims of representing muslims of the subcontinent it was prepared to go to genocidal lengths in 1971 bangladesh and 1973 in baluchistan to protect its punjabiyat.
And to all my over enthusiastic fellow indians please get this into your mind right from childhood they are taught about the glories of islamic conquests and the inevitability of the subjugation of the kafir(u and me),these people don’t want to live with us in peace they want to rule us.unfortunately for them in this day and age diplomacy and advanced technology has neutralized the power of well built hordes prepared to die as they found out in 1971.But still we must never lower our guard they talk peace when they are weak and jehad when they are strong will we never learn?

By: Ram

Ram — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 20:25:47 +0000

There is no such thing as India-Pakistan friendly ties. Pakistan doesn’t even understand the geopolitics of the region. Here’s the situation. China’s wants control over the Indian Ocean through Pakistan. Pakistan air space is controlled by the US for obvious interests in the entire oil-rich region (under the name of fight against terrorism). If Pakistanis were really smart, there would be a revolution within Pakistan to join a secular India. What I don’t understand why both sides keep fighting over Kashmir when forming an Indian Union is of utmost importance given the geopolitics of the region.

By: Syed

Syed — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 01:00:41 +0000

It is in Pakistan’s interest to not rely too much on any country, including the US and India. The debate over how South Asian Pakistan should be (or is), and how much it needs to lean towards acquiring a Middle Eastern identity is a futile one. Indeed many outside observers in recent years seem to acquaint Pakistan with the Middle East which is simply not true.

The strong links and bond with India are inevitable due to the long shared history and cultural and even family connections. This is something which needs to be cherished and to help each other develop.

At the same time Pakistan’s close connections with the Middle East due to religion and geographic proximity are a fact which cannot be denied. And it is not just the Arab culture but also Persian (the court language of the Mogul emperors.) which has had a strong influence on the region.

Pakistan holds the potential to becoming a great strategic economic powerhouse through developing closer ties with not just India and the Middle East, but also Central Asia. However in order to attain all this, peace in Afghanistan is fundamental.

By: Nirupama Subramanian

Nirupama Subramanian — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 19:20:36 +0000

The India-Pak peace process was perhaps one of the only part of the Musharraf legacy that Pakistanis did not dump with the rest of him over the last year. It’s worth thinking about. After all it was so associated with him. Evidently, Pakistanis believe the peace process has some intrinsic value. But Pakistanis also think that India continues to hanker after Musharraf, that the Indian government does notlike to do business with Pakistani democracies, and vibes better with military rulers in Islamabad. India must come out with some strong signal that it supports Pakistan’s new democratic government.

By: saif ur rehman ghalloo

saif ur rehman ghalloo — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 17:24:19 +0000

nice to listen everyone here so openly.I think onething very very important is,we,Pakistan and India, should atleast realise now that Uncle Sam is using both of us so wisely and we cant do anything as we are still far behind to compete the uncle conspiracies..we should do respect eachother to have respect from eachother,,thats our power..we are the great Asians

By: Conscientious Observer

Conscientious Observer — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 14:50:03 +0000

Dear Sanjeev,
You write, “To stop the extremism and intolerance that is sweeping Pakistan, it must turn away from the Middle East and instead look to its east to rediscover a gentler, yet immensely vibrant heritage that took root in India through the centuries….” does this include the regular bride burning murders from materialistic and dowry greedy husbands/in-laws, murder of unborn and newborn female babies because they are just that by same. I believe India has an immensely vibrant heritage as you say, but a gentler one to be looked upon by Pakistan… maybe not the best choice of words / country. Education of the masses of basic common decency towards fellow countrymen/women might be a good start. Oh, and perhaps less influence of the false granduer of ‘Western materialism’ might also help. May you succeed in helping achieve a better outcome for your country.

By: Asif Khalil

Asif Khalil — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 01:33:25 +0000

I think India and Pakistan should forget about the past. and Start new friendship for batter work.

By: Sue

Sue — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 18:53:43 +0000

f India does not respect the rights of it’s own people, how will it respect the rights of its neighbors?

- Posted by Dawood Khan

so do you call Dictatorships in Pakistan through out it’s history as “respecting rights of their own people ?”
let’s not even go as far as neighbours !!