1. Will it continue to make the Kashmir as the priority number 1
Yes.
2. Adjust the economy according to the above priority ? That is bulk of it towards defence.
We have had an effective deterrent in place without significantly exceeding the historic % of GDP dedicated to defence. We can easily sustain this level of spend and are stretching our dollar by collaborating with the Chinese and Turks and building much of what we need locally.
Even if there was complete peace, given the region we live in, it is hard to see how the defence budget would diminish by more than 1% of GDP. This won't impact the rest of the economy in a make or break way.
3. Continue nurturing strategic assets like the so called freedom fighters and Non state actors ?
India and Pakistan have both supported, funded and encouraged violent activities within each others borders. Your support for insurgents in FATA and Baluchistan should not be forgotten when you ask the above question. Until Kashmir is resolved, there will be plenty of reasons for India and Pakistan to keep at each others throats.
Will you let one issue of Kashmir to decide the fate of Pakistan ?
Until Kashmir is resolved, it will remain the key issue between India and Pakistan and a potential nuclear flashpoint that will destroy global security. That is just a fact.
With regard to the FATA issue you raised, we know insurgents there are being assisted by Indian intelligence and assets in Afghanistan and that weapons are being supplied to them using the consulates and other infrastructure India has developed across our western border over the last few years. But after the recent Pakistan Army operations and the direction Afghanistan is going in, this nuisance will soon be put out of commission entirely. Not too concerned about this...
We can only feel sorry for the people of Pakistan (our blood brothers and sisters) as Pakistan moves towards a more fundamentalist society. We fervently hope this is not true.
Yes, it is not true. You might have forgotten but it was not Pakistan that elected a right-wing religious party to government. This happened with the BJP in India. Hafiz Saeed is not CM of Sindh, but Modi did get re-elected as CM after he presided over the mass slaughter of thousands of muslims.
But coming back to the topic of feeling sorry... we too feel great sympathy for the people of India who face back breaking poverty worse than what we have ever had to face, and who are afflicted with a greater number of ethnic divisions and regular outbreaks of Gujrat-like genocides. And as if these crushing problems were not enough, brothers and sisters in India must also deal with a massive insurgency spread across a wider area than what Pakistan has had to face in the worst of times, combined with existential military threats from two sides. It is indeed a sorry state of affairs and we extend our sympathies in this regard.
From a neutral point of view I can say, Pakistan has let Saudi Arabia, USA and China to use it as a pawn for their own interests though they themselves have different policies.
Your concern is truly touching. But your advice notwithstanding, I think we're quite comfortable setting our own diplomatic priorities.
Good luck to you!
