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THIS is apropos of our foreign ministers visit to India to meet her counterpart. Why a government that does not seriously consider and implement the orders of its Supreme Court should expect that anything that it says would be taken seriously by its neighbouring state.
Charity begins at home and so does credibility. If we are not good enough to sort out our problems at home, no one will believe that we have the will and good intentions to sort them out with the outside world, let alone with Indians whom we consider our arch enemy.
Of what use is sending dignitaries abroad when our own house is not in order. Except for valuable experience that our young foreign minister gained, nothing else substantial could be expected.
Let us be honest and appreciate India for where it stands today and bring back home some lessons that Pakistan can emulate.
We may not accept Indian hegemony but what about accepting some influence? Today India can do what it wants, not Pakistan which has lost enough face and credibility to be no longer taken seriously by anyone in the world.
Forget about Kashmir. It lies on the backburner that even does not burn.
Thanks to our military and political strategists, we can neither negotiate with Indians from the position of strength nor can we restore the backing of freedom-fighters in Kashmir to pressure Indians to agree on negotiating the issue of Kashmir with us.
The issue of Kashmir and its future has halted and Pakistan does not have the muscle and strength to push it to the corridors of resolution.
What we must ask ourselves is from where to get our Manmohan Singh. A man credited with the reforms and the stability that India enjoys today.
We want to find such a person because we have been declared by the World Bank this month a country in the lower middle income group (yet fragile and failed).
All our plans were only built on hope in the past and hope is never a plan. The visit of our foreign minister was also carried on one such hope, India may hear what we have to say. But why would it! We need to be serious and honest before we expect to be heard.
LT-COL (Rtd) M.A. EHSAN
Karachi
Link :: Time to put our house in order
Charity begins at home and so does credibility. If we are not good enough to sort out our problems at home, no one will believe that we have the will and good intentions to sort them out with the outside world, let alone with Indians whom we consider our arch enemy.
Of what use is sending dignitaries abroad when our own house is not in order. Except for valuable experience that our young foreign minister gained, nothing else substantial could be expected.
Let us be honest and appreciate India for where it stands today and bring back home some lessons that Pakistan can emulate.
We may not accept Indian hegemony but what about accepting some influence? Today India can do what it wants, not Pakistan which has lost enough face and credibility to be no longer taken seriously by anyone in the world.
Forget about Kashmir. It lies on the backburner that even does not burn.
Thanks to our military and political strategists, we can neither negotiate with Indians from the position of strength nor can we restore the backing of freedom-fighters in Kashmir to pressure Indians to agree on negotiating the issue of Kashmir with us.
The issue of Kashmir and its future has halted and Pakistan does not have the muscle and strength to push it to the corridors of resolution.
What we must ask ourselves is from where to get our Manmohan Singh. A man credited with the reforms and the stability that India enjoys today.
We want to find such a person because we have been declared by the World Bank this month a country in the lower middle income group (yet fragile and failed).
All our plans were only built on hope in the past and hope is never a plan. The visit of our foreign minister was also carried on one such hope, India may hear what we have to say. But why would it! We need to be serious and honest before we expect to be heard.
LT-COL (Rtd) M.A. EHSAN
Karachi
Link :: Time to put our house in order
