Pakistan’s misguided love for India self destructive

The last six months had been crucial for Pakistan which was on the verge of falling into the hands of Taliban had the U.S. not intervened at the right time. This was also the first time in the last 61 years when the Pakistan government stayed away from holding India responsible for all the wrongs affecting the nation. But now when situation is very much in the control the focus has once again shifted to India bashing. The hate campaign has resumed and ‘India and Kashmir’ has once again become the hot topic in the Pakistani echelons of power. The state’s hate for India is not new. In the last so many decades various military regimes as well as governments have played ‘India’ card to stay in power. And surprisingly, the negative propaganda against the neighbouring country has produced fine results for the policy makers as well as Jehadi groups in Pakistan. Today most of the terrorist groups thriving in Pakistan are result of the same hate against India. The orchestration has been perfect. Link Kashmir to holy war and brainwash Pakistan youth to develop centres of hatred in the form of militant wings. This was evident post 26/11. In the heat of escalated tensions between India and Pak, Taliban as well as other extremist groups had offered Pakistan army their unconditional support with arms and men to fight for a ‘common cause’ in case war breaks out. ‘Hate against India’ is the fodder for vested interest in Pakistan which is destroying the country itself.
India on the other hand has decided to move on. Considered as the next super power, the vision is clear. There is massive thrust on reforms and infrastructural development. Indian electorate too has decided to forget the past. In the last month general elections, the main party known for its tinsel town rhetoric against Muslims, the minority community in India’, was humiliatingly defeated. The negative propaganda against the incumbent government for its failure to prevent 26/11 was also put on the backburner. It was indeed a mature approach of the Indian voter who decided to retain the torch bearers of secularism to run the country but this time with more power and authority. No wonder Congress and its allies are comfortably positioned in the parliamentry benches. As far as Pakistan is concerned, it is only one of the many problems for India but it is no more the only problem. The inflation is very much below 1 percent while Pak is struggling to even pay to her army. Most of the time she is staring at the Western powers for monitory aid and is using Taliban as a shield to keep its coffers running by extracting billions of dollars from a fatigued U.S. But how long will economically weakened U.S. will be able to provide for the bread and butter to Pak. Pakistan was recently struggling with a whopping 21% inflation in March this year. Today the country is very much in the grip of the web it had created to squeeze India with. It is high time that Pak developed a mature strategy and shifted her focus from the years of hatred to development and social harmony.