
A ROUTINE army corps commanders’ conference has resulted in a rather extraordinary allegation: “The Conference also took serious
Given the forum from which the allegation has emanated, it cannot — nor should it — be easily dismissed. For years, Pakistan and India have traded accusations about RAW and ISI fomenting trouble in each other’s vulnerable and unstable regions.
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With a political and security transition in Afghanistan well under way, Iran
The principal question is where to go from here. A statement of condemnation by the army leadership is insufficient. Both from the point of form and substance, the next logical step is for the federal government to take the lead here.
Press releases by the ISPR are not a good way to conduct bilateral relations, especially with a
It is surely not enough for a minister or two to chip in with verbal condemnations of RAW and the Indian security establishment.
Sound bites and posturing for domestic audiences are not going to help keep Pakistan safe. There is an additional element here: the principal goal of the government should be to restart the dialogue process with India.
Where intelligence agencies may be creating mischief and stoking trouble, the only long-term answer is to try and restart a process that can lead to
Finally, there is an internal dimension to the problem too: wherever it has been alleged that Indian involvement has been detected, it has come in areas long mismanaged by the Pakistani state itself.
As the corps commanders’ conference stressed, the key is to press ahead with the fight against militancy internally. But a
At best, it will cause violence to temporarily subside, as seen after previous significant operations, only for it to re-emerge elsewhere or in a different form in the same places. Ultimately, internal security is about the right internal and external policies.
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