Comments on: Pakistan and India: Signposts in the Sinai

By: pankaj

pankaj — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 13:03:34 +0000

Pakistan is a not only a failed state but also a foolish country which does not work on its betterment of country they are always begger in state and creating the tensions around the world by selling th nuclear arsnel to all tom dick and harry it is suriving on americas blessing they start always blaming others they dont concentrate on the terriosm with their own state they keep on blaming india and they dont look at the Baluchistan liberation , NWPF and local terrorist state they have not made any thing on their life not even a single invention from their country had come out

By: Proud to be pakistani

Proud to be pakistani — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 21:38:48 +0000

Indian are dam busy these days to portray Pakistan as a failed state. I want to show some frectures in india to indians who think that their country is shining. Just go and visit ASSAM where u fing a hoisted flag of PAKISTAN. Just go and analyse the rebellion of KHALISTAN where SIKH r ready to fight against indian ARMY but muted due to the lacking of weapons. Just go and analyse the NAXALITE REBELLION is burning. Just go and visit GUJRAT where thousands of MUSLIMS r ready to take revenge of MUSLIMS GENOCIDE by extremist hindus. Incredible india is on a edge of collapse and going to incredibly break, but biassed American and British Media in not highlighting these issues but the truth can never be hide.

By: Vijay Kumbham

Vijay Kumbham — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 04:35:59 +0000

Pakistan is a failed nation. If such nation is sending trained and armed militants to create terror, what should India be doing? The approach should be many fold, like blocking the infiltration (which is difficult), secondly, should strengthen the internal police setup, thirdly, should attack the training camps covertly. Attack is the best defence. The terror war venue should not be in India but should be in Pakistan! Our Indian political leaders were never good in diplomacy, its time that the political leadership takes tough decisions in these matters to resolve quickly, rather than prolong and try to pass on the issue to next leader!!!

By: bulletfish

bulletfish — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 09:11:06 +0000

Sorry, that should read:From Dawn (15/07/2009)

By: bulletfish

bulletfish — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 09:04:30 +0000

From Dawn (15/09/2009)Mr Gilani proposed an eight-point programme for the cause of peace and development:(1) strict adherence to principles enshrined in the UN charter.(2) strengthening multilateral system to curb unilateralist impulses and to advance the interests of all states in an equitable manner.(3) re-designing the global institutional architecture on the basis of democracy, accountability and transparency.(4) promoting the pacific settlements of disputes.(5) developing a new global consensus covering arms control, disarmament and non-proliferation as well as access to nuclear technology for peaceful purposes.(6) deepening South-South cooperation.(7) paying urgent attention to the issue of climate change.(8) promoting inter-faith dialogue.Since when do state’s suffering internally from: homegrown terrorism, economic problems and debts up to there eyeballs get to call the shots? Besides, most of these points are gibberish.

By: Keith

Keith — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 21:08:44 +0000

There is no doubt in my mind that India and the civilian administration of Pakistan want peace. But I don’t think the military is quite there yet. When Zardari offers a no first use nuclear policy, he is forced to retract his statement. When he offers to place the ISI under the Ministry of the Interior, he is forced to retract his statement. Clearly, he is not in the driver’s seat when it comes to foreign policy. And from those retractions, it’s clear that the Generals behind the throne are not quite willing to make any concessions to move negotiations forward.However, I believe the fact that Pakistan is rather quickly going to the dogs (sorry to my Pakistani friends, but that’s what it looks like from the outside), is likely to bring about a slow change in mindset. I really do think that the Generals are starting to understand that the ‘thousand cuts’ strategy has failed, and worse, it’s alienating the very people they purportedly seek to liberate. The growing economic disparity between India and Pakistan is surely bound to be a big concern. If it comes to blows again, it is doubtful that Pakistan will be able to recover and the economic challenges that follow any India-Pakistan conflict could very well destroy the federation. Unfortunately for Pakistan, short of employing nuclear weapons, there is nothing they could do that would halt India’s economic rise to a point of threatening its unity. Among the Pakistani officials I’ve met, I do believe that realization is setting in. The problem I believe is that they don’t know how to turn the ship around.How are they supposed to sell peace with India (that will most certainly not include a return of Jammu and Kashmir) to a Pakistani public that has largely been raised and rallied on anti-India sentiments? And how can they protect the Army (the only truly effective institution in the country) without having a supposedly existential threat that they need the Army to guard against?For this reason, I believe that peace will come slow. Pakistan will largely determine the pace of the rapprochement, not India. Only as Pakistani institutions are built up and the population focused on Pakistan’s own economic rise will the conflict de-escalate and peace be made possible. Sharm-el-sheikh is one of the first steps on a very, very long road.

By: Global Watcher

Global Watcher — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 19:08:53 +0000

Pakistan cannot and will not progress on its own merit, on any front, unless it comes to terms with its past misdeeds and demostrates itself to be a responsible and unwarlike nation.As the rest of Pakistan is in shambles, they continue to make Nxkes with U.S. taxpayer money and IMF funds, while keeping a beggar bowl out for free handouts. Sorry being blunt, but that is the sheer truth of it all. The manufacture of those ordinances alone is a topic all its own that should be addressed here in these blogs, but is not being entertained at all.

By: Azad

Azad — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 16:23:36 +0000

Suggestion to Myra, Sanjeev others,As you are all committed India Pak enthusiasts (sorry my english isn’t the best) I would highly recommend the Bangladesh independence history chapter to be brought into the picture.Lot of Paks have misgivings about the 2nd partition and the struggle that lead to it and politics behind it. They were brainwashed that its all Indias brainchild and Bangladeshis and Paks were separated against their will.Time to bring in a fresh angle to the stale IndoPak bickering going on here.Especially now Hasinas administration is planning to start a commission on war crimes and Pak is doing everything to stop it.

By: bulletfish

bulletfish — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 11:29:04 +0000

Sorry to go off topic for a second, but I came across this article on the BBC website:English football champions Manchester United are to open their first cafe in the western Indian city of Mumbai (Bombay) later this year.So, even less than a year after the Mumbai attacks, the city is attracting foreign business.

By: bulletfish

bulletfish — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 09:51:21 +0000

Pakistan will unlikely dimantle and go against any anti-India group that has been created and/or nurtured on its soil. However, it is not just LeT, JuD or any other terrorist organization hiding in a futile fashion under a charity banner that Pakistan has on its soil. We must not forget Jundallah.The talks in Egypt will be nothing more than the routine ‘hand shakes and smiles’ for the cameras.