“My India is the most radiant beacon of multiculturalism. Your India is a septic tank of prehistoric nationalism.”
Abhijit Naskar
Introduction
Jinnah had publicly stated that he would rather have a moth-eaten Pakistan than ever live in a united India. Implied was that no one must ever have to suffer living in a Hindu-dominant democracy, struggling to survive. The implication is truer now than it ever was then. This is, in fact, the actual and real perspective of the “two-nation theory”—its practical manifestation, i.e., Hindus and others. People have limited it to the Muslims and Hindus alone, but it goes far beyond that. No one can coexist with Hindus in a Hindu-dominant democracy, whether he is Sikh, Christian, or Muslim—it’s the universal travesty of Hindu intolerance and bigotry.
The creation of Bangladesh validates the two-nation theory since it never joined India. Thus, in the end, Pakistan was more a product of compulsion than of choice. As famously quoted from a chapter in history, Vallabhbhai Patel contributed more to the making of Pakistan than any other single factor. Muslims, being the largest political minority at the time, were able to exercise their strength and win themselves a state; the rest were not as fortunate, and those condemned to live in India today suffer the horrible consequences.
Pakistan came about in 1947 and has struggled to survive since then. Even now, it has not yet found its feet. There is no running away from the fact that there are many wrongs in Pakistan: extremism, terrorism, violence, corruption, and bad administrative practices. Pakistan has been continually misgoverned by indifferent governments comprising individuals more inclined to feather their own nest than contribute towards any development and progress in the country.
The world too sees Pakistan as a pariah, living on the fringes of human civilization; we are trashed by the international opinion makers and global surveys that love to put us on the lowest index in every field. India, on the other hand, with its vibrant media channels and a vivid imagination, has overwhelmed Pakistan’s meager attempts at projecting a saner image of itself and has, instead, deliberately aggravated a negative image of Pakistan with which the world sees it.
This poor opinion of Pakistan has a lot to do with what Pakistan itself does or does not do. It has led to a global perspective where Pakistan appears to have lost international relevancy and credibility and is not seen as a responsible state. Nevertheless, the circumstances described above, and the ones that we are forced to live in, have not inspired any second thoughts about the past, partition, the concept of Pakistan, or its future. There is so much potential and so many indicators that Pakistan can one day be a great country—that hope remains alive, even if it’s in a fool’s paradise.
There is much that one could write about the follies that plague Pakistan, but this article is not about Pakistan as such, and we can leave that subject for another day—instead, we shall focus on the unfair manner in which the country has been treated and how it needs to be given a chance. This article was inspired by trying to arrive at a more balanced and fair perspective about India and Pakistan as they relate to each other. While India arrogantly avoids being hyphenated with Pakistan and sees Pakistan far beneath it, it cannot run away from the reality that Pakistan, even in its truncated form, plagued with violence and international contempt, will still always be more than a match for the so-called “Shining India.”
Surrounded by Hostility
Pakistani and Indian relationships have been plagued by disputes from the very onset, ever since 1947, making them enemy states as a consequence of these disputes. The major issue between the two countries remains Kashmir. Acknowledged by the Security Council and United Nations as a legitimate dispute, the ensuing resolution proposed a plebiscite as a solution to the problem. The plebiscite has not been held on account of India reneging on the promises it made and the commitments it guaranteed. Thus, the dispute remains open-ended and unresolved.
India has since tried to bring this dispute to a close by abrogating Article 370 (guaranteeing the valley’s autonomous special status till the dispute was resolved). This abrogation is in blatant breach and contravention of the international law as it was applied, the UN resolution as agreed to, and any bilateral understanding between India and Pakistan. The abrogation forecloses the probability of any plebiscite—the right to self-determination that the world had guaranteed to the Kashmiris and India had committed to.
Furthermore, Pakistan also had to live with conflicts on its western borders, first by the Afghan government, which refused to accept the Durand Line as a legitimate border, and then, later, in 1979, by a Soviet invasion, resulting in 4 million refugees. Though the Soviets withdrew in 1989, Afghanistan remained in the throes of a civil war that had a wide spillover effect into Pakistan, involving narcotics and introducing the Kalashnikov culture. Later, the Taliban took over Afghanistan and established a government of sorts, during which the 9/11 incident led to a US invasion of Afghanistan. The US withdrew in 2021, 20 years and $3 trillion later.
The Taliban government is now back in the chair; the cycle goes all the way around. This turmoil in Afghanistan lasted 46 years; thus, in Pakistan’s history of 78 years, it has lived in a perpetual state of enmity on its eastern border as well as instability on its western borders. This instability gave rise to unconventional practices such as a leading role for intelligence agencies rather than politicians in day-to-day administration.
Whenever such extraordinary measures are adopted, it leads to smuggling, narco-trade, breakdown in immigration laws, and opening illegal channels of money transfers. This ensures that the government’s influence remains limited and restricted by self-imposed boundaries. Some areas and matters become off-limits to the government, and no-go areas are established where the writ of the state is diminished. The practice, which may have been a necessity of those times, was so prolonged and continuous that it corrupted government officials, officers, and officeholders.
A new generation of corrupt and incompetent officials succeeded the ones before them and overwhelmed the system. Now, no system can work autonomously or independently. This explains why Pakistan is where it is, but it also points towards the urgent need for reforms in almost every field and all institutions if Pakistan is to ever truly find its way. The point is that Pakistan never got a chance to settle down and practice regular statecraft.
On top of the unstable environment the governments had to navigate through, Pakistan was also eclipsed by its neighboring nation, India. India remained a hostile neighbor, 8 times larger in size, with an economy that was 8 times bigger, and a population that was 6 times the size of that of Pakistan. The Indian economy, at real GDP, is estimated to be $3.9 trillion, growing at 6.5% annually, as opposed to Pakistan, with a real GDP of $373 billion, growing at 2.5% annually, and huge foreign debts to be repaid.
The Indian defense budget, as registered in 2023, was at $63 billion, while Pakistan’s was $10.3 billion in the same year. The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) reported that India was consistently recognized as the world’s largest arms importer.
India: Regional Power or Instigator?
India projects itself as a regional power and expects others within the region and outside to recognize it as such. India also likes to project itself as a global competitor to China and is encouraged by the international community, in general, and the US, in particular, to project such power potential, though India is nowhere near China’s capacity.
India thinks it is qualified to be a legitimate aspirant for a permanent seat on the Security Council and frequently makes a case for it. Pakistan is dwarfed in the shadow of India, which has left no stone unturned to prove that Pakistan is a “failed state” and has no right to exist. Critics of the Pakistani defense budget usually point towards funds being denied to health and education, and complain that the defense budget has deprived the country of such facilities. The defense budget is less than 3% of the GDP, a conventional benchmark, and is based on the bare minimum.
Yet, how does one determine and plan defense expenditures—is it by the funds available, or is it defined by the existential threat that a nation confronts? One must remember, intentions do not define threats, capabilities do. Intent can change, but capabilities are tangible, permanent, and real. However, this remains a political question within a much larger discussion – lack of space does not permit that it be further expanded upon here.
India, on the other hand, has managed to develop a false and fake reputation, projecting itself as a democratic country, tolerant and always in search of goodwill towards other states within the region as well as the globe. India’s history illustrates how it tried to overreach against China in 1962 and suffered a humiliating defeat when China took control of Aksai Chin and declared a unilateral ceasefire, having achieved its objectives.
India has remained the bully on the block; it controls the foreign policy of Nepal and blocks its trade routes whenever Nepal tries to assert itself. Bhutan is another country that is more of an Indian satellite. Sri Lanka had to accept Indian forces during its civil war against the Tamils in 1987. The Indians first engineered the civil war and then used it as a pretext to enter Sri Lanka. There was serious opposition from the Sri Lankans, and they resisted. It was a bad experience for the Indians, and they had to withdraw in 1990.
In 1988, the Indians managed to manipulate a coup in the Maldives and then sent in a para-division to quell the coup. They did not leave until 2024, and that too after 36 years, at the insistence of the Maldivian government, which is increasingly getting more aligned with China. India has had problems with all its neighbors.
The Unvarnished Reality Within
On the domestic front, India has many separatist movements, such as the Naxal-Maoist insurgency since 1967 in West Bengal. Then there is the Khalistan Movement, inspiring a separate Sikh homeland in Indian Punjab since the 1980s. There is an active insurgency in Assam, Meghalaya, Tripura, Arunachal Pradesh, Mizoram, Manipur, and Nagaland, albeit on the decline and now fairly under control. In May 2023, ethnic violence broke out in Manipur between the Kuki and Meitei people, causing 120 deaths and 3000 injuries.
Jammu and Kashmir have been raked by violence since 1989. There is also the Dravida Nadu long-standing issue related to the Tamil-speaking people, but now expanded to Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Kerala, and Karnataka. India is plagued with poverty, communalism, and crime. It has one of the highest records for rape incidents of its women as well as tourists. India had the unique distinction of being covered by the BBC program “Paid to Poop” as a country where people freely defecate on the street!
Without prejudice or bias and not intending to discriminate, but just stating what appears to be a common practice in India, in the year of our Lord 2025, a majority of the people drink cow urine and smear themselves with cow dung as a holy ritual. Whereas everyone is free to one’s own devices, yet, not being accustomed to such a unique practice, one can be forgiven the universal disgust one feels in the face of such aberrations. The primitive mindset of some Indian Hindus leads them to worship rats in filthy temples, carrying disease and plague. Thus, how the West sees India is highly superficial, fake, and based on a perception shaped by false and exaggerated narratives—Bollywood romanticism and downright propaganda.
India’s Economic Troubles
Further to India’s claim to fame, India likes to project itself as a “happening place” and the next new economic wonder of the world—Shining India, they say. Bloomberg, Harvard Growth Lab, and The Economist do not agree with India’s exaggerated opinion and have exposed the inflated figures that define the Indian economy and explained what the truth is. India reported a GDP of $3.5 trillion but conveniently failed to calculate 45% of its informal economy and insisted it had a 7% growth. The former chief economic advisor to India, Arvind Subramaniam, states that the Indian assessments are “too good to be true” and that the annual growth rate is exaggerated by 2.5% points because of misreporting every year.
Raghuram Rajan, the former governor of the Reserve Bank of India, goes on to say that the Indian economic indicators do not match up with the real indicators on the ground. The world in general mistakenly feels that India is a lucrative market and it’s a haven for investments, while relatively, Pakistan is a disaster. Yet, to put perspectives in their correct order, Indian debt stands at $2.18 trillion, which makes it 83% of its GDP, as opposed to Pakistan, which has posted a debt-to-GDP ratio of 69% with an absolute figure of $265 billion.
The Indian consumer debt stands at $617 billion, 17% of the GDP, while that of Pakistan’s stands at $8 billion, 2% of its GDP. In no way is this intended to suggest that Pakistan’s economy is doing better than India’s, and it would suffice to say that the Pakistani economic situation is a disaster waiting to happen. Major economic reforms are needed in Pakistan and fast, but India, too, is not as shining as it would like to show itself to be.
India, therefore, perceives Pakistan as an impediment to its objective of establishing regional dominance and achieving global recognition as a regional power. Pakistan’s focus, however tentative, has consistently remained on its own progress and development through commerce, trade, industrial growth, education, and global connectivity, a path it has pursued with minimal success so far due to a host of reasons.
Pakistan: The West’s Scapegoat
Pakistan’s concerns stem from poor governance, corruption, incompetence, a polarized society, and a negative international image; India is the least of its worries. However, whereas Pakistan itself is to blame for its many faults, other factors have also contributed to its poor performance as a state. First, Pakistan was a frontline state for the West during the Cold War—a member of CENTO and SEATO and a signatory to the Baghdad Pact. Pakistan was also responsible for the rapprochement between the US and China in 1971 at the height of the Cold War.
Pakistan, single-handedly, resisted the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan in 1979. The US only joined the bandwagon in 1981 after the famous “peanuts” remarks made by General Zia in the US in 1980, as reported on the cover page of the New York Times. Later, the joint-resistance plans, with the US on board and in the lead, led to settling thousands of armed Islamic militants from all over the world, especially Arabia, Africa, and Europe. They were settled in the tribal regions of Pakistan to wage a jihad against the Soviets.
The Soviets withdrew in 1989, and the Berlin Wall came down in 1991. Kuwait was overrun by Saddam Hussein in the same year. The international community forgot all about Afghanistan with all these big changes, and with better things to do, it walked off, leaving Pakistan to deal with 4 million refugees as well as huge groups of well-armed militants with nowhere to go and little else to do.
The US, in one of its frequent cases of duplicity, having witnessed the collapse of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold War, dumped Pakistan and instead slept with its enemy, India, its new strategic partner. This sudden change of heart was inspired by the US needing a regional stooge to confront China and its growing global stature—India fit the bill. In the meantime, Pakistan had to suffer militancy and an endless cycle of violence, but more than that, it was accused of harboring terrorists when the world itself had facilitated their settling in Pakistan in the first place.
Later, the US-led War on Terror once again saw Afghanistan occupied by foreign forces after 9/11. This further compounded the problem for Pakistan, which not only had to clear its areas but also had to deal with armed militants fleeing across the border from Afghanistan. There was now a moral question that Pakistan had to address: how could a jihad be prosecuted against the Soviets but, later, not against the US?
Despite the turmoil, contradictions, and apparent inconsistencies within Pakistan, it still did a commendable job during this extremely controversial war. It secured 3,500 km of lines of communication, cleared 48,000 sq km of space, and established the writ of the government without losing its moral compass—a unique and unprecedented achievement. The coalition of 60 countries in Afghanistan called it a day and withdrew from Afghanistan in 2021, after 21 years, not just abandoning Pakistan this time but going a step further and accusing Pakistan of duplicity and being two-faced.
Leading the pack in accusations of conspiracy, violence, and scheming was India, and their narrative was found to be the most credible, objective, and, of course, highly self-serving to all. It gave the only explanation as to why those who lost the war had cut and run; it allowed India the space to spew its hatred and present itself as a savior against terrorism, and everyone thought it was a good idea to beat an already prostrate nation, Pakistan, into even greater submission.
Since then, Pakistan has been the victim of terrorist activities in its KP province as well as a separatist movement in Balochistan. The former is conducted by the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), while the latter is prosecuted by Baloch resistance fighters. Both are heavily sponsored, trained, and resourced by the Indians through RAW, but Pakistan has been very indifferent in highlighting India’s complicity in these terrorist organizations and their activities. Even if it had, it would have only been a complaint to the international community, the International Court of Justice, the United Nations, or the Security Council.
Pakistan does raise the issue at times, tentatively, weakly, and incompetently, but had it been firm, convincing, and forceful, what would/could this community have done? India’s consistent non-implementation of the Kashmir Resolution and its contemptuous abrogation of Article 370 have repeatedly exposed the international community’s inaction regarding Kashmir, highlighting India’s disregard for the Security Council. The international community today should hang its head in shame over the inhuman genocide, as well as India’s declaration of holding the Indus Water Treaty in abeyance, till later scrapping it altogether.
The international community has demonstrated its lack of capacity, will, or even moral conviction where it needs to declare what is so obviously, blatantly, and visibly wrong. Thus, addressing the UN or the Security Council is like visiting a debating club; it’s now just fulfilling procedure, a necessary nuisance, only going through the motions. The international community cannot deliver, and Pakistan must never expect any support from that quarter against India. Even though India is so palpably, profoundly, and obviously on the wrong side of the fence in legal, moral, or principle standards established anywhere in the world, it will not move anyone internationally.
India’s Enduring Enmity Towards Pakistan
So, where Pakistan is concerned, India has never reconciled to the idea of Pakistan, which is very apparent by the political commitment of the RSS towards the concept of Akhand Bharat (Unified India). It is reflected in a mural depicting a map of Chandra Gupta Maurya’s Empire that includes Afghanistan, Pakistan, Nepal, Maldives, Bhutan, Sri Lanka, and Bangladesh as one unified nation. The mural is displayed outside the new parliament building of India and was inaugurated by Modi in June 2023. It reflects the Indian mindset—grandiose, bellicose, and confrontational. Thus, animosities between India and Pakistan are ongoing and seem to be caught up in a never-ending cycle.
Pakistan, by default or design, has not exploited terrorist acts that it is frequently subjected to and does not usually accuse India. India, on the other hand, has left no stone unturned in accusing Pakistan of promoting, facilitating, and undertaking state-sponsored terrorism in India in any incident whenever it occurs. Yet, when we look closely at India, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, recognized to be the butcher of Gujarat, who facilitated the killing of 794 Muslims in communal riots, is a reflection of Hindu extremism.
Modi was barred from traveling to the US for almost a decade for his religious bigotry and extremism. Now leading the BJP party, which is in power, Modi has incited riots and violence against non-Hindus through the militant wing of the BJP, the RSS. The RSS was responsible for demolishing the Babri Mosque, a 16th-century structure, in Ayodhya in 1992. The Hindu extremist organization based its violent agitation and wanton destruction upon a religiously motivated myth that the mosque was built upon the birthplace of Rama, a fabricated and unverified, silly argument. This act of vandalism was witnessed and recorded worldwide.
In 1999, another extremist group, the Shiv Sena, disrupted a cricket match between India and Pakistan by digging up the pitch at Ferozeshah Kotla Stadium, ensuring that, thereafter, cricket matches with Pakistan were banned in extremist India. The BJP, on coming to power, incited the people of India to hate Pakistan and is responsible for developing a Pak-phobia syndrome. This is demonstrated daily on India’s media and news channels, which spew hate and prejudice with incredible venom and rabid hatred. Thus, it is not surprising that the BJP’s political strength lies in bashing Pakistan, condemning it, and then inflaming the public, demanding some kind of kinetic reprisal for every minor occurrence in India, for which they are always ready to accuse Pakistan. Such sentiments do not exist in Pakistan, and there are no “hate-India” rituals as there are in India, or at least not at the level that they are in India.
The history of Indian animosity towards Pakistan is neither new nor a secret and has been holding the region hostage since 1948. It has affected regional relationships, such as the scuttling of the SAARC, and has restricted trade, bilateral relationships, and joint programs related to development, progress, and poverty alleviation. India does this because it hates Pakistan more than it loves itself. It is willing to hold the whole region captive to its extremely childish but continual outlook towards belittling Pakistan. It is obsessed with harming Pakistan, yet does not want to be hyphenated with Pakistan.
In 1971, India orchestrated a false flag operation beginning with the hijacking of an Indian airliner, The Ganga. It landed in Lahore, and later the plane was blown up by alleged terrorists who were RAW operators. Thus began the saga of “Free East Pakistan,” a movement that was promoted, incited, funded, resourced, and supported by India. Given that Pakistan is also to blame for its bad policies, poor practices, and misgovernance, India took full advantage of the internal political conflict and exploited it.
The Mukti Bahini were organized under Indian auspices and were used to perpetuate terrorism as an instrument, and India obliged them later with an invasion. Pakistan lost half the country due to separation, mostly because of its omissions and commissions, but the Indian role in speeding up the process cannot be ignored, i.e., interference, terrorism, and hostility. When Modi visited Bangladesh in 2021, he proudly made a public statement that he had joined the satyagraha for the freedom of the people of Bangladesh in 1971. He accepted a reward on behalf of Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee on the occasion, who, at that time, was instrumental in mobilizing support to separate East Pakistan from Pakistan.
During the War on Terror, after 9/11, India managed to install itself in Afghanistan, only to create terror camps and facilitate cross-border militancy in Pakistan’s Balochistan and KP provinces. Former US Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel is on record for stating that India spends substantial funds and resources to foment trouble across the border into Pakistan. The US withdrawal from Afghanistan was delayed, though it could have come earlier, only because of the Afghan government and India, both of whom were spoilers and could not survive without the US presence.
Both had to flee after the US withdrawal, having no legitimate cause to be in Afghanistan. Indian government officials have made public statements against Pakistan, promoting terrorism and violence, and fomenting hate. The chief minister of Goa, Pramod Sawant, says Balochistan will separate. Former National Security Advisor M.K. Narayanan claims that Pakistan, a terrorist state, must be eliminated. RSS leader Indresh Kumar demands that Pakistan should be split into 5 parts.
The public sentiment and perception shaped by Indian leadership is illustrated by the ink-throwing incident, blackening the face of Sudheendra Kulkarni by the Shiv Sena during the book-launching ceremony he had organized. The book being launched, at a public event in India, was written by Pakistan’s former foreign minister. This sentiment, displaying extreme hatred for Pakistan, is further validated by the Indians childishly refusing to participate in international sporting events hosted by Pakistan, such as the Cricket World Cup 2025, etc.
Perpetuating Terrorism
Another heavyweight of the Indian policy-makers, Ajit Doval, now the current national security advisor to the BJP government, is another dubious character. He advocates “offensive-defense,” another way to advocate terrorism by state sponsorship. His method to madness then goes on to explain that if there is another “Mumbai incident” of the like of 2008, then Pakistan should prepare to lose Balochistan.
First, who is to say who did Mumbai? And then, how will Balochistan separate—by a formal Indian invasion or the usual proxy terrorism India foments? This has always been the Indian way of doing things. Kulbhushan Jadhav, who has remained in Pakistani custody since 2016, stands as testimony to Indian terrorism and is a unique example of a relatively senior naval officer having been captured while operating in Balochistan to foment terrorism. There have been many incidents of violence in India, and God alone knows that some of these could be justified as well, with the suppression of the Sikhs, the Muslims, the Dalits, and other minorities or non-Hindus.
However, such an environment also allows space for India to undertake false flag operations with impunity and a total lack of qualm. Whereas many incidents can be listed, the most compelling is that of the Samjhauta Express, an incident that occurred on February 18th, 2007, on a train bound from Delhi to Lahore. There were 70 people killed in the explosions on the train caused by Hindu extremist groups; all the accused were released on bail and later absconded. The casualties were mostly Pakistani, and the Indians tried to pin it on the Lashkar-e-Taiba.
Similarly, there were other incidents, such as the Pathankot case in January 2016, that led to the postponement of Indo-Pak diplomatic talks, and the Uri event of September 2016, which in turn led to the cancellation of the SAARC meeting—Pakistan was accused. The outcomes of such dubious incidents seem to serve India only, and the events seem to have been premeditated to arrive at those desired outcomes. Then in 2019, an incident at Pulwama became a casus belli for India to execute what they term a surgical strike into Pakistan. Itching to somehow put Pakistan in its place, India mounted a meaningless operation against Balakot. They bombed an uninhabited hillside, claiming a big success in dismantling a terror camp. They lost two fighter planes for their troubles as well as a pilot, Abhi Nandan, who was captured. He was later returned in good health and spirits.
Now, of late, there has been another terrorist attack at Pahalgam, Kashmir, on 22nd April, 2025. India has again accused Pakistan of being responsible for it; true to form, this accusation is despite no formal investigation that has so far been concluded. India hates investigations and prefers unilateral accusations instead, where only one side of the story is told—India’s side. This recent event served as a pretext for an attack on Pakistan on May 6, 2025, despite the absence of any evidence of Pakistani involvement and while investigations remained ongoing—a classic case of indecent haste.
There was an exchange of drone attacks, missile launches, standoff bombings, etc. Some damage to both sides was reported—none properly verified. However, more importantly, what was established was that India lost 7 aircraft in the bargain, of which 4 were their newly acquired and highly coveted Rafale fighters. India, having been seriously embarrassed at the international plane, having lost prestige, and having exposed its limited power potential, asked the US to arrange for a ceasefire, and the US obliged before India could shoot itself in the foot any further. Thus, a state of ceasefire was established on the 10th of May 2025.
Exposing India: A Necessity
All that has been written above and documented is on record and can be validated through public records. These are facts, and Pakistan needs to go public and hold international seminars on them to expose the reality of the “Shining India.” But for some unforeseeable reason, Pakistan never develops its narrative, and the story goes begging. India has since suspended the Indus Water Treaty (IWT) and is spoiling for another round of kinetic operations, since its leadership keeps stating that it has unfinished business to conclude.
Modi is on record stating that if there is another attack in India, it will be an act of war, thus leaving the door ajar for further military action when India sees it convenient. Pakistan must insist at international forums that the standard cyclic trend that India follows is to first execute a false flag operation, then accuse Pakistan, using the incident as a justifiable cause to prosecute kinetic operations against Pakistan. It’s become a pattern and is now habitual – the Indian method to madness.
How long can this go on, and when will this nonsense end? India has violated the UN Resolution on Kashmir, abrogated articles 370 and 35-A, failed to hold a plebiscite, and has now unilaterally announced the suspension of the IWT. This is a blatant, in-your-face refusal to abide by international convention and a total indifference to established United Nations laws—and that too, by a third-rate, artificial power that is punching above its weight. Pakistan must draw the international community’s attention to India’s disregard for standard norms and conduct expected of a civilized state living within the comity of nations.
Having done that, Pakistan must demand a third-party intervention to inquire into all the past terrorist incidents that have occurred in India and to bring them to a close by assigning blame and responsibility to the guilty party. India must not be allowed to unilaterally appoint itself as the jury, judge, and executioner. India’s arbitrary suspension of the IWT must be addressed by the international community, failing which, Pakistan’s right to respond to this internationally recognized “act of war” must be universally recognized and stated as such. Pakistan must formally state its committed intent to undertake corrective measures in the face of such a threat by a suitable military method.
One cannot threaten to divert the water of 240 million people whose lives depend upon it and still face no consequences for doing so based upon some asinine, self-serving argument. India’s claim that Pakistan and India must resolve matters through bilateral negotiations is a false modus operandi that is open-ended and can never be conclusively resolved under the prevailing circumstances. The pattern is that India insists it will talk to Pakistan only if Pakistan does not promote terrorism. It then conveniently initiates a false flag operation and justifies its refusal to partake in discussions because of it.
A never-ending circus—when will the clowns finally go home to rest? If India, true to form, refuses to allow an independent inquiry into these incidents of terror, then it should be asked to hold its peace and stop accusing anyone else of terrorism and address its internal problems. The Kashmir crisis needs resolution; it is high time. It’s not about Pakistan or India but about what was promised to the people of Kashmir by the world in general and the United Nations in particular—a free and fair plebiscite, the right to self-determination. It is high time that the matter is resolved and the region is allowed to live in peace. The people must be allowed to free themselves from the shackles of the Indian Hindu RSS Shiv Sena mindset that is holding everyone hostage to its brand of scheming, conniving deceit.
The population of Muslims and Christians is growing day by day. To rein in this, the center will have to impose an emergency, and Muslims and Christians will have to be forced to undergo sterilization so that they can’t increase their numbers.
All India Hindu Mahasabha vice president Sadhvi Deva Thakur
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