Pakistan has not meddled in Kashmir since the 2002-03 tensions subsided, there are no terror camps based to train militants to attack India, see those are the stereotypes that I was talking about.
As for the second part, TOI and Jang's findings suggest otherwise. According to a poll held in India and Pakistan on whether the two countries should be on friendly terms or not. 55% Indians responded in affirmative as opposed to 72% Pakistanis.
Again, that's the stereotypes talking, to think that Pakistanis hate India and that it can't ever subside.
Aman ki Asha - A Peace initiative by Jang Group, Pakistan & Times of India
I would like to believe that Pakistan has not meddled since 2003. But then where are the militants coming from if not from Pakistan ? And not all camps have been dismantled. If Indian intelligence is to be believed there are still about 40 camps along the LoC.
And numbers can be misleading. The same poll says,
1)Approximately 40% hold Pakistan solely responsible for terror/ violence in the country.
2)90% consider Pakistan as a high/ moderate threat to India's well being.
Right or wrong after Mumbai episode, Pakistan's seriousness in dealing with India has to come to rest on how it treats Hafiz Sayed and Pakistan is not doing well on the front. Not to mention his regular public diatribes about nuking India, waging jihad etc.
The current Indian govt, especially MMS, is eager to go down in history with a peace making legacy but is unable to do because of Pakistan's intransigence in dealing with HS. MMS would actually even ignore that if it were upto him. But the public is strongly opposed to that and rightly so. If Pakistan has the sincerity to even come half the way, beyond mere rhetoric, this PM is the best one to solve the problem. BUt then Pakistan has its own public to deal with and I think the govt is afraid any punishment meted to HS would be seen as surrendering to India. So the status quo prevails.
Factually wrong...Siachen is neither lawfully ours nor theirs...The karachi as well as Shimla agreement both did not explain the area pretty well...Both sides have their own interpretations of "Northwards"...The way we feel our interpretation is right in the same token they believe theirs is correct...
This is an ex SSG commander, Brig(r) Jawed Hussain speaking ;
The fight for Siachen – The Express Tribune
The dispute revolves round the extension of the Line of Control (LOC) beyond a point on the Saltoro Range known by its map reference as NJ 9820420. The demarcated LOC ends at this point thence north to the glaciers is what the Karachi agreement of 1949 states about the extension. According to the Indians, this meant that the LoC should extend northwards along the Saltoro Range up to Sia Kangri.
On the other hand, Pakistans stand is that beyond NJ 9820420, the LOC should extend eastward up to the Karakoram pass. Extending the LOC northwards would give the entire Siachen Glacier-Saltoro area to India, while extending it eastward would give it to Pakistan.
So I think Siachen does belong to India, de-facto and de-jure.
If you mean with respect to Siachen than Pakistan does not recognize the status quo because:
1) India will be in reach of Karakoram Highway.
2) 8 of our highest peaks will be within Indian reach.
Factually wrong.
Siachen poses no threat whatsoever to the KKH which is farther north-west.
So it's a strategic issue for us. If India withdraws to pre-84 boundaries(if they do), then Pakistan is determined to withdraw all troops and a small observer team of Indian and Pakistani soldiers will inhabit the base camps.
After Kargil you cant fault India for the trust deficit.