Indian terrorism in Balochistan

The people of Pakistan and masses in India wish to live in peace, develop inter-state relations based on mutual co-existence and respect, and engage in trade and economic activities with a sincere concern to develop South Asia as a prosperous and economically thriving region. Unfortunately their aspirations and dreams boomerang with a negative cadence, feelings of incapacitation and signs of hopelessness due to Indian attitudinal rigidity and political intransigence.

Indian leaders are psychologically so fixated that they always presuppose end of their political career if they allowed Pakistan any leverage on any conflicting issue irrespective of the moral grounds and righteousness of Pakistani stance. Hence they intentionally treat all matters related to Pakistan with gestures of animosity and signs of contempt. Consequently their every move and decision is blended with signs of rebuff and discard for Pakistan. Their political agenda has been forcing them to show Pakistan in bad light and their drastic decisions situated barriers to block the peace process between India and Pakistan. On the other hand Pakistani leadership always extended their sincere cooperation with open hearts to normalize relations with India. At Sharm el-Sheikh Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani made honest attempts to convince Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to resume the peace process. Press reports confirmed that Pakistani Prime Minister emphatically discussed Indian involvement in cross border terrorism in Balochistan. The evidence provided was so strong and convincing that Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh agreed to sign a Joint Declaration stating that India will take punitive action against the perpetrators. The meeting between the two Prime Ministers at Sharm el-Sheikh brought hope with a sense of optimism that peace process between India and Pakistan will be resumed without attaching any strings of terrorism. The development appeared sensible as it seemed that both rival states have realized the need to have a peaceful dialogue to resolve all the conflicting issues between India and Pakistan. This would certainly facilitate addressing the real problems impacting the lives of general public both in India and Pakistan and that the aspirations of the general masses to live in peace with honor and dignity will finally come true or at least become a near possibility.

It was hard for the Journalists (present at Sharm el-Sheikh) to believe that a thaw in peace process has been achieved. They, therefore, attached denotative and connotative meanings to the Joint Statement signed by both the Prime Ministers at Sharm el-Sheikh. Few hard liners spun it negatively by saying that Joint Statement at Sharm el-Sheikh was a diplomatic success of Pakistan and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will have to face the tough resistance of the opposition in Lok Sabha for accepting Indian interference in Balochistan. The face validity of the Joint Statement simply opened the doors for peace process through which all issues (including the core issue of Kashmir) between India and Pakistan could be resolved. Indian involvement to destabilize Balochistan is evident from the intriguing activities of her consulates located in Kandahar and Lashkar Gah, capital of the Afghan Helmand province. Indian presence in Afghanistan has provided them an opportunity to plan and conduct espionage and sabotage activities in Balochistan, to avenge freedom movement in Kashmir for which India openly insinuated against Pakistan. The scheme will also enable India to create distractions in Balochistan which will loosen Pakistani grip over Kashmir. In addition India can well cover her activities by using Afghan territory to launch terrorist attacks inside Pakistan. The arrangement fits in Indian historical philosophy and mischievous mindset to harm an adversary using the neighbor of that adversary. Can India get away with such a design?

Such questions are totally ignored by Indian political leadership. Indian propaganda, on the other hand is very effective and intrusive. They are projecting their case by using American clout to deny that any dossier of Indian involvement in cross border terrorism in Balochistan was provided by Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and that India was not involved in any criminal activities in Balochistan. Such denial mode is not expected from India who must act its size and honor it stature. Scoring points and playing dangerous games for political gains will bring no fruits to India. India must realize that peace process is in the interest of both India and Pakistan.