We are ready for war, but choose to walk path of peace: Pakistan Army
Now, they are scared. Talk of putting a gun into their own head for their nefarious design of terrorism perpetrated against its neighbours.
ISI instructed J&K terrorists to kill SPOs, intercepted chats reveal
How India has successfully avoided falling for Pakistani overtures
Now, they are scared. Talk of putting a gun into their own head for their nefarious design of terrorism perpetrated against its neighbours.
ISI instructed J&K terrorists to kill SPOs, intercepted chats reveal
How India has successfully avoided falling for Pakistani overtures
Apart from the mismatch between Pakistan’s words and deeds, India doubts the motive behind Imran’s missive to Modi. According to The New York Times, the Pakistani Army Chief General Qamar Bajwa had “quietly reached out to India” to resume peace talks months before Imran’s military-orchestrated election victory with the goal of mitigating intense international pressure that Islamabad has been facing for its nefarious behaviour.
Cleaning up its image by extending an olive branch to India, and then using this “moderate” diplomatic turn to ease the harsh American cutoff of military aid and receive a $12 billion economic bailout from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), are the unstated objectives guiding Pakistan’s rhetorical eagerness for peace.
Pakistan is in desperate economic straits and the military appears to be goading Imran to opportunistically play nice as a responsible actor before the international community out of duress rather than any liberal transformation in its foreign policy.
Long-time watchers of the subcontinent can recall several earlier instances where the hidden “foreign hand” either directly or indirectly pushed Pakistan into rapprochement or compromise with India.
Such externally induced openings ultimately collapsed under the weight of internal contradictions in Pakistan and the violent ground realities at the border. Boston University’s Jessica Stern has documented a widespread “jihad culture” in Pakistan. It is connected to the inbuilt Pakistani nationalist narrative that Kashmir must be freed from Indian “occupation” through a multi-faceted “freedom struggle”, leaving little room for sustainable peace with India.
Cleaning up its image by extending an olive branch to India, and then using this “moderate” diplomatic turn to ease the harsh American cutoff of military aid and receive a $12 billion economic bailout from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), are the unstated objectives guiding Pakistan’s rhetorical eagerness for peace.
Pakistan is in desperate economic straits and the military appears to be goading Imran to opportunistically play nice as a responsible actor before the international community out of duress rather than any liberal transformation in its foreign policy.
Long-time watchers of the subcontinent can recall several earlier instances where the hidden “foreign hand” either directly or indirectly pushed Pakistan into rapprochement or compromise with India.
Such externally induced openings ultimately collapsed under the weight of internal contradictions in Pakistan and the violent ground realities at the border. Boston University’s Jessica Stern has documented a widespread “jihad culture” in Pakistan. It is connected to the inbuilt Pakistani nationalist narrative that Kashmir must be freed from Indian “occupation” through a multi-faceted “freedom struggle”, leaving little room for sustainable peace with India.
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