How to satisfy India?
Dr. Jassim Taqui
In another move, the government is trying hard to convince the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to relax and give up the hate-policy. During 25-26 August 2016 India participated in the SAARC Finance Ministers Conference, which was held in Islamabad. However, India was represented at a lower level. The Indian Economic Affairs Secretary Shaktikanta Das represented India in a crucial meeting,
which explored the possibility of forming the SAARC Economic Union.
On the other hand, the Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif extended another invitation to Modi to join the 19th SAARC summit to be held in Islamabad on 9-10 November 2016.
No doubt, these steps are positive. They have contributed to the easing of tension between Pakistan and India.
What is at stake here is the attitude of Modi. Has the government succeeded in convincing him to give up the hate-policy against Pakistan and its people? Has Modi given up his policy of isolating Pakistan in the regional and international fora? Did he respect the international comity that asked him to stop killing the children of the intifada in occupied State of Jammu and Kashmir?
Why would Nawaz Sharif gift Modi trade facilities when he has made a strategic alliance with Iran, Afghanistan and United States to promote the Iranian Chabahar and to sabotage Gwadar and the CPEC project?
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