Peace
process
Sir,
The
misconception of Pakistan that India
would not involve in a serious dialogue
leading to the resolution of Kashmir and
other disputes is quite baseless because
it is not only April 18, 2003 that the
Prime Minister of India had offered his
hand of friendship to Pakistan at a rally
in Srinagar rather he has time and again
been emphasizing that India is ready for
talk with Pakistan, if Pakistan stops
sponsoring cross-border terrorism. But
never had this been taken seriously by
Pakistan. How can India feel like coming
on peace table for negotiation with
Pakistan, which has all along been
bleeding its national, sponsoring proxy
war not only in Kashmir but also in
various other parts of the country.
Pakistan
appears to have forgotten its own history
as to who had all along been advocating
for peace. Right from British rule when a
handful of separatist leaders including
Md Ali Jinnah who wanted formation of
Pakistan on two nation theory, it were
Indian leaders, who came forward for
peace with them. This needs no looking
back too far. If last five years of
history is taken into consideration, the
Indian approach for peace initiative with
Pakistan is very well in the knowledge of
world leaders.
Mr Atal
Bihari Vajpayee, the Prime Minister of
India had first extended his hands for
peace with Pakistan by travelling all the
way by bus to Lahore but it was not
properly reciprocated by Pakistan. On the
other hand, India had to face
unprovocative war of Kargil. This is the
one peace initiative by India which
created such a turmoil among Pakistani
army that it has overthrown its own
democratically elected Prime Minister,
Nawaz Sharif to replace with an army
ruler, General Pervez Musharraf.
It is
needless to mention that Pakistani Army
had created ISI, which was given absolute
power for sponsoring terrorism in India.
Pakistan army is hand in gloves with
Al-Qaeda and Talibani forces, which is
quite known to every peace initiative
world leaders. America has also
identified five Pakistanis army officers,
who had links with Al-Qaeda activists and
demanded their extradition from Pakistan.
This indicates that Pakistan Govt itself
is involved in sponsoring terrorism not
only in India but also in other parts of
the world.
Even
inspite of this fact, India had once more
invited Pakistan's Army ruler, General
Pervez Musharraf to Agra for peace talk
but what happened is well known to every
one. Thus, Pakistan's accusation on India
for it not being serious for peace talk
is quite baseless and unfounded. The
fact, however, is that Pakistan wants to
win battle by sponsoring proxy-war in
Kashmir because it neither dares to fight
war with India because of its shameful
defeat on three previous occasions nor
dares to initiate a peace talk with India
for it is against the ethics of Pakistan
Army and ISI.
Any
undemocratic efforts by Pakistan to
resolve Kashmir problem will end in
fiasco. Pakistan should, thus, try to put
its more energy in peaceful co-existence
with its immediate neighbour which could
alone give solace to its countrymen, who
feel themselves culturally one with
India. To binding of Indian culture is so
strong in them that both Indian and
Pakistanis outside the sub-continent live
like brothers. Even at their home,
Pakistani prefers to see Indian movie and
Indian soaps in TV. This very well
indicates how they are attached to Indian
culture but the Pakistani Army ruler is
not at all giving proper respect to their
sentiments. On the other hand, they are
getting tough on their pro-Indian voices.
One can
very well visualize this from an example
that when father of Noor Fatima returned
to his home with his already convalescent
daughter, he and his wife were subjected
to rigorous interrogation by Pakistan
Intelligence Agencies to know ‘their
real purpose’ of visiting India.
Pakistan
should, thus, try to develop mutual trust
with India as trust alone can beget
peace.
Yours etc.....
Mushtaq Ahmed
New Delhi
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