The world is inching closer to cooperate in trade and investment, but Pakistan and India are going further apart with every passing day. Both the countries have failed to offload the burden of history, mistrust and hostilities and have never shied of showing the worst scenario of provocative diplomacy despite international pressure. On its part, Pakistan has always shown its readiness to negotiate with India despite illegal occupation of Kashmir and military intervention in the East Pakistan, inflicting irreparable loss on Pakistan. While on its part, India has adopted multi-prong strategies to harm the interests of Pakistan and isolate it from the rest of the world. It has never missed a chance to push our “brethren” Islamic country Afghanistan to harbor and implement every evil design against Pakistan. Indian Prime Minister Modi has recently signed a multi-billion dollar deal with another so-called brethren country, UAE, to improve infrastructure and launch development projects in India and is pouring and distributing dollars among its agents in Pakistan in the journalism, civil society and political elite. New Delhi now does not need to speak against Pakistan, as its agents are ready to serve its purpose on this land. As the members of fifth column, the Indian agent oppose the construction of Kalabagh Dam, fan insurgency in Balochistan and are involved in other anti-Pakistan activities.
In a recent development, Indian leaders are thumping their chests on the success of their “silent diplomacy” in isolating Pakistan within the 53-member Commonwealth that represents over 2.2 billion people by inviting the speaker of the occupied Jammu and Kashmir Assembly to the Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference. The conference was scheduled to be held in Islamabad from September 29 to October 8, but Commonwealth countries bowed to the Indian pressure and rejected Pakistan’s appeal to cancel the invitation. In this situation, Pakistan had no option, but to cancel the meeting. The commonwealth countries have revealed a bitter fact that principles of justice and fair play have little room in their dictionary.
The government has taken a right decision on the right time. Kashmir is an international issue and India should not be allowed to hide itself under the lopsided world diplomacy. At a time when various regions in the world are moving closer to form business and economic blocs, the Indian leadership is still living in fool’s paradise and wants a solo flight by ignoring important countries in the region like Pakistan and China. If economy has some importance,
the Indian leadership will have to take first step in normalization of relations between the two countries.
