I was actually saying that if you don't raise your profile and neither follow the wave then you are bound to be in a situation where you would always need a big brother...it used to be USA for Pakistan and now you are moving towards China...
So you're implying that India never needed a 'big brother', wonder what the Soviet Union & later Russia were to India which is now moving towards the United States because it needs to curry with Uncle Sam for its NSG, UNSC and other bids.
It is true that Pakistan geo-political status is actually very bad(at this stage)...It is quiet logical as well...Double games pay you only to a level...and it is a myth that you are in Chinese camp....Like any other country you are trying to balance relations b/w West and China however given Pakistan internal turmoil and all the terror related bad news flowing on every day basis it is anyone's guess...Please note whatever leverage you have regarding west is related to America's safe exit from Afghanistan...no?? I will not derail the argument with telling you what all have India pulled off, so let's leave it there...
It isn't 'double games' when Pakistan is only playing the game which furthers its own interests just like every other country does. If it leaves a bad aftertaste in your mouth or Uncle Sam's, well then too bad. Pakistani armed forces have done to the TTP what America with all its USAF allies in Afghanistan couldn't accomplish in 14 long years.
If you think its a 'myth' that Pakistan is in the Chinese camp or that Pakistan is 'balancing relations b/w West and China' (errr this isn't 1970s anymore) then you are entitled to your 'mythical' perceptive concoctions. Its just so happens that it has no connection to reality where Pakistan is squarely in the Chinese camp indeed.
As for leverage regarding the west being related to America's safe exit from Afghanistan; it isn't really an 'exit' when you leave behind nearly 11k troops until 2017, even then some troops will remain as the 'coalition consolidates around Kabul'. What the Americans and everyone else figured out long ago which you and much of India hasn't is that Afghanistan cannot function without Pakistan's green light. Plain and simple.
This means you are not reading my messages properly...South China issue is not a new phenomenon...it was same even during UPA II(2009-2014) however India-US relations were going down the drain...think about it, why?? Answer is simple...Indian growth story was a downhill phenomenon then...Also please note..it is always about National interests...it is true for India-Russia, India-US, China-Pakistan and everyone else...there is no such thing called "free lunch"...
By South China sea issues I meant Sino-Japanese escalation after Japan purchased the Senkakus from its private owner. THAT was a game changer and pretty recent after which Chinese gloves came off and the Americans decided they want to 'pivot' towards Asia.
Look, no body is claiming an overnight entry anyways...We did get a waiver from the same group for our civilian nuclear deals, right? Pakistan was asking for same then....All weather Friendship with China was there and South China sea was an issue even then...In short dynamics of geo-politics was pretty much same...so can you please enlighten me if this was not due to geo-political status that India got the deal but Pakistan is still asking for it then what could be a possible explanation??
The only reason India got the waiver from the NSG was intense lobbying and arm twisting by the United States even after which China abstained in the final vote, it didn't vote FOR India. This was in 2008, the same year the 123 agreement was inked between India and the U.S. However, you forget that the agreement was announced in 2005 by Bush Jr, a year after Pakistan had been granted MNNA status by the same guy in 2004.
You also forget that Pakistan itself reduced its diplomatic moves to rhetorical drum beating about getting India-like NSG waiver too given the geo-politics of the Afghan war where a resurgent Taliban next door left Pakistan on diplomatic back foot being accused of double-dealing etc and also because China communicated to Pakistan 'screw the NSG, we will give you nuclear tech anyways if the United States wants to play hard ball, thats what they will get'.
And a result of Pakistan's all-weather friendship with China were the two new Chashma nuclear power plants, regarding which India, U.S and some others whined about for a while but when they realized it wasn't going to change anything; it fizzled out in to the background. This is directly related to China's abstinence from the vote granting India the waiver. Since then the NSG and everyone else has looked the other way as China has moved forward to contruct new nuclear power plants in Pakistan, Chashma-III and Chashma-IV. And there ain't a damn thing anyone can do to stop that.
P.S. Not to mention the two more 1000MW nuclear power plants to be built along Karachi's coast. Or the 3-more plants being under negotiations under the current government to be built in Muzzafargarh, Punjab. If this new deal goes through, that means FIVE plants on top of Chashma III and IV.