Rehman Malik, the Pakistani Interior Minister, has done it yet again.
He's in our country to ink a more relaxed visa regime between the two countries. Before his arrival, his visit had begun with hiccups galore. He was travelling by a military C130 aircraft and they'd insisted on being allowed to land at the IAF's 'technical area' in Palam which was rightfully negated by us. Yet another instance of trying to score brownie points - the Pakistani military establishment gets a psychological kick while landing in our defence forces' airfields!
As it is, that country is going through a host of problems caused by their own misdeeds in the past. It should have been the endeavour of the civilian government in power(The entire world is aware that they aren't the real rulers and that the government - sadly - is driven by their armed forces) to rule effectively, correct many of the historical wrongs - like changing their foreign policy which is built on the cornerstone of an 'anti-India' stance, gather overwhelming public support and armed with it, send their army back to the barracks for good. But this seems to be wishful thinking.
See what Rehman Malik has done. Immediately after stepping on Indian soil, he makes two outrageous statements:-
(a) Captain Saurav Kalia, who was brutally tortured and killed after being taken prisoner by their army,
according to him, was killed by the weather.
(b) He's likened the Babri Masjid incident to the terror strikes on Parliament and Bombay. And hasn't
provided any assurance to bring the perpetrators of terrorism to book.
The guy, like most of his predecessors who've visited India, has taken advantage of the Indian decency and throwing all diplomatic niceties to the wind, has made unacceptable statements to pamper his constituency - the armed forces. General Kayani and his ilk must be getting cheap thrills to see their political leaders grovelling before them!
My take.
(a) Couldn't we've sent this bloke back to his country, without doing any business with him, immediately after he'd made those outrageous statements?
(b) It's Pakistan who's going to benefit greatly from the relaxed visa regime that has been cleared thanks to our magnanimity. One has heard that many of these Pakis take advantage of it and do not return to their country after the expiry of their visas. So, is it really worth it?
He's in our country to ink a more relaxed visa regime between the two countries. Before his arrival, his visit had begun with hiccups galore. He was travelling by a military C130 aircraft and they'd insisted on being allowed to land at the IAF's 'technical area' in Palam which was rightfully negated by us. Yet another instance of trying to score brownie points - the Pakistani military establishment gets a psychological kick while landing in our defence forces' airfields!
As it is, that country is going through a host of problems caused by their own misdeeds in the past. It should have been the endeavour of the civilian government in power(The entire world is aware that they aren't the real rulers and that the government - sadly - is driven by their armed forces) to rule effectively, correct many of the historical wrongs - like changing their foreign policy which is built on the cornerstone of an 'anti-India' stance, gather overwhelming public support and armed with it, send their army back to the barracks for good. But this seems to be wishful thinking.
See what Rehman Malik has done. Immediately after stepping on Indian soil, he makes two outrageous statements:-
(a) Captain Saurav Kalia, who was brutally tortured and killed after being taken prisoner by their army,
according to him, was killed by the weather.
(b) He's likened the Babri Masjid incident to the terror strikes on Parliament and Bombay. And hasn't
provided any assurance to bring the perpetrators of terrorism to book.
The guy, like most of his predecessors who've visited India, has taken advantage of the Indian decency and throwing all diplomatic niceties to the wind, has made unacceptable statements to pamper his constituency - the armed forces. General Kayani and his ilk must be getting cheap thrills to see their political leaders grovelling before them!
My take.
(a) Couldn't we've sent this bloke back to his country, without doing any business with him, immediately after he'd made those outrageous statements?
(b) It's Pakistan who's going to benefit greatly from the relaxed visa regime that has been cleared thanks to our magnanimity. One has heard that many of these Pakis take advantage of it and do not return to their country after the expiry of their visas. So, is it really worth it?
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