Corruption.. misgovernance are present India too and perhaps more than Pakistan, yet..
Yes it is ghost of Afghan Jihad you are facing but as explained above how little change in tactics will help you get rid of the ghost ..otherwise ghost of kashmir Jihad is also in the making.
Actually, the 'ghost of the Kashmiri freedom movement' stands more of a chance of going the direction of the 'ghost of the Afghan Jihad' way if Pakistan acts against those groups forcibly without any sort of compromise from Indian on resolving Kashmir.
Without progress on Kashmir, any movement against the Kashmiri freedom movement will be considered a sell out of the kashmiri people and their cause for independence from Indian occupation, and provoke a severe backlash domestically in Pakistan.
Yet the organisation itself continues to work unabated.
I disagree - LeT barely exists now. The JuD, its former civilian arm, continues to function under various names in running charitable works and NGO's helping people.
Well its your choice, don't act now(after all its you who are suffering your past ghosts)..but we do not bow to terrorism and continued militancy against India will not get you anywhere.
We weren't getting anywhere before the insurgency in Kashmir started in 1989 either - so why should Pakistan invite a backlash domestically by acting against the Kashmiri groups, without any movement from India on resolving the dispute, when India has historically not budged any way?
Yes we do not need our strike corps to fight against militancy ..but we need them to ensure a credible deterrence against Pakistani state's participation in anti-India terrorism.
If you believe the Indian government and military, then the strike corps has not prevented Pakistan from supporting the Kashmiri freedom movement, kargil, Mumbai attacks etc. so it is obviously a failed policy.
The insurgency in Kashmir died down in the last decade precisely because Pakistan cooperated with India on preventing cross-LoC infiltration under Musharraf, and that policy has continued under Kiyani, with infiltration levels and insurgent activity at record lows. All that happened without Pakistan forcibly acting against the Kashmir groups in Pakistan, and continues to be a demonstration of Pakistani restraint and willingness to give dialog a chance. India has yet to reciprocate after the 'back-channel dialog' collapsed in 2007 with Musharraf's political troubles.