In the flurry of war/no war, what many forget is that wars now are fought not just by men wearing boots carrying guns or air force/naval engagement but even more so by economic means and weapons.
The current status of the Indo-Pak engagement needs to be seen from that point of view.
* The fake Indian currency(FICN) business is almost totally wiped out.
* The meat laundries have been checkmated.
* The Pak Rupee is at an all time low and sinking further.
* Right now in Pakistan there's a shortage of all forms of foreign and domestic transport.
* The airspace closure over Pakistan impacts not just international East-West traffic, which
routes via UAE options but more so Pakistan's own domestic and international air travel,
passengers and cargo that has come to a halt as also the income over flights over Pak Airspace.
* Domestic movements by train are severely impaired because Pakistan railways, what's left of it,
depends almost totally on diesel for locomotives.
* Road transport is much costlier and the Afghan trade which subsidised a lot of their livelihoods
has moved to via Iran or over Central Asia.
* Another point to note is that Karachi is the only effective seaport for Pakistan and oil imports,
especially aviation fuel and clean products, have come to a grinding halt as ships and shipping
companies stay away, with huge insurance mark ups.
* Port of Karachi is almost blocked. Tankers are not reaching with oil.
* Fuel for their Air Force is down to 4 days.
* People are upset and trade is almost halted. Prices have shot up.
* Pressure from their own people on their government is huge.
* Pakistani airports and seaports are shut whilst not a single Indian airport or seaport is even
impacted.
Instead of no war, this is the time for India to keep rattling sabres.
Pakistan is totally SHUT DOWN.
Its economy is frozen.
This then is the time to continue applying economic and diplomatic pressure backed by not just the IAF but also the Indian Navy, whose presence in the Arabian Sea is formidable, to say the least and whose ports on both coasts as well as Andamans are simply not affected.
So, it's up to the Pakistani people to appeal to their elected representatives as well as their military to stop these terrorist movements from Pakistani soil.
Or, as Bhutto famously said, be prepared to eat grass.
Give peace a chance, my foot - Nandini on Twitter.
Tailpiece.
Had got up with the alarm probably because we'd gone off to bed last night, earlier than usual as there was nothing worthwhile to watch on television. Went about our chores and were ready well in time.
Being Maha Shivarathri today, Lekha had gone to the Mammiyoor Siva kshethram for 'darshan'. On her return she'd picked up some grocery too.
The current status of the Indo-Pak engagement needs to be seen from that point of view.
* The fake Indian currency(FICN) business is almost totally wiped out.
* The meat laundries have been checkmated.
* The Pak Rupee is at an all time low and sinking further.
* Right now in Pakistan there's a shortage of all forms of foreign and domestic transport.
* The airspace closure over Pakistan impacts not just international East-West traffic, which
routes via UAE options but more so Pakistan's own domestic and international air travel,
passengers and cargo that has come to a halt as also the income over flights over Pak Airspace.
* Domestic movements by train are severely impaired because Pakistan railways, what's left of it,
depends almost totally on diesel for locomotives.
* Road transport is much costlier and the Afghan trade which subsidised a lot of their livelihoods
has moved to via Iran or over Central Asia.
* Another point to note is that Karachi is the only effective seaport for Pakistan and oil imports,
especially aviation fuel and clean products, have come to a grinding halt as ships and shipping
companies stay away, with huge insurance mark ups.
* Port of Karachi is almost blocked. Tankers are not reaching with oil.
* Fuel for their Air Force is down to 4 days.
* People are upset and trade is almost halted. Prices have shot up.
* Pressure from their own people on their government is huge.
* Pakistani airports and seaports are shut whilst not a single Indian airport or seaport is even
impacted.
Instead of no war, this is the time for India to keep rattling sabres.
Pakistan is totally SHUT DOWN.
Its economy is frozen.
This then is the time to continue applying economic and diplomatic pressure backed by not just the IAF but also the Indian Navy, whose presence in the Arabian Sea is formidable, to say the least and whose ports on both coasts as well as Andamans are simply not affected.
So, it's up to the Pakistani people to appeal to their elected representatives as well as their military to stop these terrorist movements from Pakistani soil.
Or, as Bhutto famously said, be prepared to eat grass.
Give peace a chance, my foot - Nandini on Twitter.
Tailpiece.
Had got up with the alarm probably because we'd gone off to bed last night, earlier than usual as there was nothing worthwhile to watch on television. Went about our chores and were ready well in time.
Being Maha Shivarathri today, Lekha had gone to the Mammiyoor Siva kshethram for 'darshan'. On her return she'd picked up some grocery too.
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