Pakistan: Will Downgrading Diplomatic Relations Help Its Position On Kashmir?
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Holding an extreme view and carting the ball out of the park is what interests him most. He is a hard hitter at all times. Fasten your seatbelts and read.
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Pakistan has downgraded its diplomatic relations with India. In a move that came after the meeting of the National Security Committee (NSC) that was attended by Prime Minister Imran Khan and the top civil and military leadership, Pakistan expelled India's High Commissioner, Ajay Bisaria, and recalled their High Commissioner from India. It also decided to discontinue bilateral trade and other bilateral arrangements. It said that it will take the matter to the United Nation, including the Security Council and all other international forums.
Calling India's moves on Kashmir "unilateral and illegal", Imran Khan also directed the army to maintain strict vigil along the LoC and the international border. Only yesterday, Khan had warned that India will suffer Pulwama-type terror attacks. Before that, the administration had said that it stood solidly behind Kashmiris in their hour of grief. So what is Pakistan trying to achieve by closing down direct channels of communication? What is it trying to prove by not having full diplomatic relations other than showing its frustration at the turn of events?
When the leader of a neighbouring country, that stands accused of helping terrorists by providing them camps, training, money and logistics to infiltrate into India, talks of more Pulwama-type attacks, what does it signal? It means that a stung Pakistan is preparing to redouble its efforts to create terror in India. It will now shed all inhibitions and make its support to terrorists more overt. For, unable to engage India in a conventional war due to fear of losing, Pakistan has always tried to bleed India ("a thousand cuts") through this proxy war and now, more than ever, it will make it the standard operating policy.
But will it help Pakistan? It can try all diplomatic methods to get redress. It can approach the UN, the ICJ and other bodies and put its case on Kashmir before them. It can approach other nations and try to rally the international community to put pressure on India. But if it tries to inflict a thousand cuts, India will retaliate. India has shown that it is now going to do deep in Pakistani territory to liquidate terror camps. If Pakistan ups the ante by providing increased support to terrorists, there will be more surgical strikes. Pakistan must be prepared for that.
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