Much has been
written about Indo-Pak relations, but this blog touches on the other aspects of
Indo-Pak relations in the present context. India and Pakistan relations over
the years have been blow hot blow cold. It’s more of neighbor’s envy, and
owner’s pride. In 1947, India was partitioned into a Hindu majority India and a
Muslim majority Pakistan. India became a secular country and Pakistan, an
Islamic country. The irony is India has more Muslims than Pakistan. In fact,
after Indonesiaand maybe Bangladesh India has the largest Muslim population in the world. Since independence,
India has progressed and has become a strong economic power and Pakistan is
embroiled in various problems at home and has stagnated.
Since 1947 both the nations have gone their way.
And today, one can see where India and Pakistan stand in the global stage.
India is fast becoming the third largest economy in the world. And Pakistan has
stagnated and is known for all the wrong reasons and stands isolated in the
world. The world listens to India’s point of view on different aspects. In the
last seventy years, India has grown drastically and is a strong nation -
economically and militarily. And the world respects strength.
Though India and Pakistan criticize and blame one
another, I am sure Indians always wish well for Pakistan, as many Indians especially
north Indians still have a soft corner for their place of origin and birth
places now in Pakistan. They have fond memories about the neighbor’s and
families they shared their happiness and sorrow. The new generations have grown
up hearing stories of their parents and elders about life in their birth
places. The partition undid all the good.
Pakistan government and media blame India for
everything bad that happens in their country. And this hatred is spread amongst
the Pakistanis who are fed with fake news and false propaganda that India has
not accepted the existence of Pakistan and will do everything to destroy them.
They are told India is busy manipulating and working on ways to destroy
Pakistan. But now with better communication and social media reach, educated
Pakistanis have been exposed to the reality.
The day Pakistan starts to look inwards into their
own problems; they will be able to solve most of their problems and clear the
mess they have created in administration, governance, business and economical
condition. If Pakistan wants to truly progress and develop as other countries
in the region, they should follow these four steps –
Firstly, stop comparing itself with India. They
should realize India is almost six times larger than Pakistan and much more
advanced in economics, science, technology, education and industries. Indians
are occupying top positions the world over in business, industry, corporate
world and foreign governments.
Secondly, they should forget Kashmir. In the last
seventy years, I am yet to meet a Pakistani who can convince how Kashmir
belongs to Pakistan. Hassan Nissar, one of the reputed intellectuals and
political commentator in Pakistan has said – How does Kashmir belong to
Pakistan? If religion is the only criteria, Then Bangladesh was a part of
Pakistan. Why did it separate from Pakistan and become a separate nation. And
today it is doing well and the growth of Bangladesh is much more than that of
Pakistan. Bangladesh was with you and you lost it and Kashmir is yet to be
taken. The government is unable to govern Pakistan and facing many serious
issues at home, but keep on harping on Kashmir all these years.
Thirdly, stop blaming India for all the ills in
Pakistan. Anything bad happening in Pakistan or anywhere else is immediately
blamed on India by the Pakistan government and media, irrespective of any
evidence. Recently Turkey who assured Pakistan of supplying attack helicopters,
backed out due to American pressure as the Turkish helicopter is fitted with
American engines. And America stopped the deal. Pakistanis were quick to blame
India, saying it was due to India’s intervention that the deal was scrapped.
Fourthly, Pakistan should stop pretending to be the
leader of the Muslim world, as nobody listens or even treats them as one. Most
of the countries in the Arab world ignore Pakistan. And they are left with only
two Muslim countries, Turkey and Malaysia, who too are not totally convinced
about Pakistan. Earlier Turkey sent a representative to Israel to mend their relations.
And Malaysia seized a Pakistan plane for default in payment on the order of the
court. Pakistan was aghast that the Muslim brotherhood countries let them down.
Pakistan projects as if they are they are
pressurized by all the countries to recognize Israel. But the truth is none of
the countries are least bothered if Pakistan recognizes Israel or not. And
Israel too doesn’t care much. What difference would it make?
Pakistan’s relations with China is, as if Pakistan
has literally fallen into their lap and this has complicated matters for
Pakistan. The sooner Pakistan realizes China is using Pakistan for its own
benefit, the better it will be for Pakistan. China has an interest here, CEPEC.
My friends in Europe and USA tell me, they have
educated and broad-minded Pakistani friends. And whenever they are asked about
their nationality, they invariably say they are Indians. The reason being, if
they say Pakistani, they are looked at with suspicion. And on saying Indian,
they look at them with respect. This tells the true story.
In one of the Pakistan channels, children are asked
about India. And most of them repeat – Hind banega Pakistan. This is the hatred
filled into the young minds when they should be taught about peace, friendship,
great men, science and general knowledge. This is bound to create another
generation of Pakistanis who are taught to believe India is their enemy.
The hatred spread amongst the masses over the years
for India, is a tool for the government and the army to keep going and garner
support and funds by projecting that the survival of Pakistan is in grave
danger. India, the enemy is bound to attack them. But the fact is India or its
media have no time for Pakistan. It’s only during cross border terrorism or
firing by the Pakistan army, the Indian media reports and talks of Pakistan.
Pakistan government and media have a tendency to
blame everything on India, right from internal political rift, unrest in Sind
and Baluchistan or Pakistan getting into the grey list of FATF or Malaysia
seizing their plane for default of payment or Turkey refusing to supply the
attack helicopters. Some even see with suspicion the Indian vaccine being sent
to Pakistan through an international body to countries not in a position to buy
them for their citizens.
Pakistan sees red in the Afghanistan talks where
America invited India for the talks to work out a peace plan in the region.
Pakistan feels they are an important player who is being ignored. They are now
realizing that they are being isolated and nobody is interested in involving
Pakistan in any talks.
With the onslaught of social media and You Tube
channel, many Pakistanis are now exposed to the truth and realize the false
propaganda dished out by the Pakistan media. Pakistanis are now realizing the
progress India has made in various fields and the country’s true standing in
the world stage. And the goodwill earned by India with the covid vaccine
exports around the world being one of them.
For sometime Pakistan TV and You tube channels have
been inviting Indians experts, defense analysts, political commentators and
intellectuals for debates and talks. The Pakistani anchors invariably ask
questions about India and end up being exposed about the happenings in Pakistan
which normally the local population is not aware about. Pakistani masses are
now being exposed to the many truths that were hidden from them, like Pakistan
won all the wars with India – the 1965 war, the 1971 war, the Kargil war. That Kashmir
belongs to Pakistan, that India is a poor and weak country with no guts to
fight and Pakistan is ahead in many fields than India, including IT.
There are contradicting signals coming from
Pakistan. On the one hand Imran Khan is talking of peace and progress. Recently
General Bajwa stated – let’s forget the past and start a new chapter of
friendship. It’s difficult to understand if they are really serious about it.
What about Kashmir? If you take away Kashmir, India and Pakistan have no major
issues, except maybe ego!
On the one side you see on some Pakistan channels,
the people thanking and praising India for the covid vaccine and hoping for
early friendship between the two countries. On another channel, an ex-Pak army
officer says – India’s progress need to be stopped. He suggests Pakistan should
disrupt India’s oil supply tankers coming from the gulf and middle-east. And on
another channel, another ex-army officer, the bald Peerzada says – it is high
time India is taught a lesson for the demolition of Babri Masjid and the
atrocities committed in Indian Kashmir. These ex-army men must surely be able
to gauge the consequences and retaliation from India would push Pakistan back
by decades. It appears they are still unable to digest the loss of East
Pakistan and the surrender of over 93,000 troops.
They surely must be knowing, the strength and
weaknesses of the Pakistan army and the economic standing of their country
before venturing into such foolish adventure. These men talk bravado while
their Prime Minister is facing insurmountable problems at home and abroad, and
with UAE asking them to return the loan of two billion. The World Bank too has
reminded Pakistan, about the loan and repayment.
Dr Fiza, who’s known to be anti-India and spins
fake news and highlights things happening in India in her own unique way, is
often targeted by the invited Indian experts and she has a habit of
interrupting the Indians when it gets hot for her. Another Pakistani, Zahid
Hamid, also known as Lal Topi is famous for his weird doctrines and conspiracy
theories and feels the world is scared of Pakistan. He appears to be living in
a time-wrap. These two and many others like Cheema are seen on the Pakistan TV
and You Tube channels talking about India, it’s policies, the achievements,
about foreign dignitaries visiting India and ignoring Pakistan. They are bent
on comparing Pakistan with India without knowing that Pakistan is behind India
by many years in most of the different areas. But their anchors and experts
talking of Pakistan as equal or rather better than India in various fields is amusing
and akin to a comedy show. It seems they are still not aware of the present
strength, influence and power of India in the world.
There are some sane voices too, like Hassan Nissar, Arzoo Kazmi, Tarek Fateh, Bhashir, Tahir Gora, who are proud of their Indian roots. They speak the truth based on facts. But the Pakistan hawks and guardians of islam shout them down.
Pakistan is confused about its history. They donot wish to be connected to their original Indian roots and talk about Arab land, trying to project themselves as Arabs. The Arabs care a damn for Pakistan as the recent events have shown from the reaction of some of the countries in the Gulf and Middle-east . To appease the Arabs, Imran Khan has introduced Arabic as a language for learning. The students would further be confused whether to study Urdu or Arabic. And what will they acheive by learning Arabic instead of their national language Urdu.
They even end up naming their missiles, like Gazi, Gaznavi, after foreign invaders who attacked, looted and raped women in Punjab and other regions when this areas were part of undivided India. What more can you expect!
Pakistan is an Islamic country, which from a
welfare state has become a security state in a constant state of denial. They
are in a denial mode on any event. But after every incident, a few days later,
their motor-mouth politicians shout out about the happenings to score brownie
points. Their lies stand exposed among their people and the world.
The fact is India and Pakistan are neighbors and we
cannot shy away from this fact. We have to live with it. And India would like
to see a stable Pakistan in its neighborhood. And stability brings peace, progress
and positivity. And this in turn encourages a positive change. Hope this
happens soon and Pakistan is back on the road to progress. This in turn could
lead to a positive change in India Pakistan relations.
In a sudden and surprising move, the latest news
being a delegation from Pakistan is visiting India to discuss water, may be trade and
economic relations. The buzz going round, a prince from the royal family
from UAE initiated this move through back channels. Such talks have happened
earlier too, but then the Kashmir issue is raised by Pakistani hawks and it is
back to square. Hope this time I am proved wrong and something positive comes
from this exchange between the two countries.
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