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| Support to militants may prove counter productive for Pakistan | | | Whether the current leaders belonging to the ruling ML(N) or those who had held powers in Pakistan believe that the Kashmir issue is behind the growth of extremists and fundamentalists in Pakistan. If the by-product of these extremist elements are Jihadis who romance with the idea of waging a liberation struggle in Kashmir to liberate muslims from the torture of the security forces. If Pakistani leaders harbor these fears they are mistaken because the amount of freedom muslims in Kashmir enjoy can not been seen in any part of the world,not even in Pakistan which claims to be an Islamic nation.And if the youth in Kahsmir have taken guns in their hands and romance with the idea of fluttering Pakistani and IS flags they do so to secure bigger concessions from New Delhi.And this is evident from a private survey that has established that majority of muslims in Kashmir are not for the valley's incorporation with Pakistan.
But what former Foreign Minister, K.M. Kasuri has said seems to be a figment of his imagination and part of his wishful thinking.Kashmir has a deep resonance inside Pakistan and the tense situation in the Valley acts as bait and encourages radical elements "to wage jihad to liberate fellow Muslims", says former Pakistan foreign minister Khurs-hid Mahmud Kasuri. He also says that there will always be a minority opinion sympathising with the activities of the jihadis due to the staunch commitment of Pakistanis to the Kashmir cause."If that were not the case," he says, "there would be no willing recruits from among the masses to the jihadi cause". However, among influential sections of public opinion and in the corridors of power it was realised that Pakistan's policy of support to non-state actors had actually boomeranged on it, says the senior leader of Pakistan's Tehreek-e-Insaf Party who has dealt with India-On the Pakistan-India dynamics, he says, "Pakistan-India relationship does have an impact radicalising elements among Muslims in Pakistan.
He is right when he says that norma-lisation of relations between Pakistan and India will help pluralistic and liberal forces in Pakistan besides helping the conditions of minorities in both countries. Kasuri is also of the opinion that notwithstanding the initial romance surrounding the Mujahideen activities, the West, and particularly Pakistan, continues to pay a heavy price for this jihad and both are still suffering from its blowback. Well if Kasuri feels that Pakistan syffers from the rise of Jihadis he should know that these Jihadis were the creation of the Army and the ISI in Pakistan. Besides this su ccessive establishments in Islamabad too lent some overt or covert support to the Army and the ISI for funding these Jihadis. Kasuri is not oblivious of the fact that it was Pakitan,its Army and the IS,that has established over 140 arms training camps in different places in Pakistan and occupied Kashmir since 1988.In these camps were given arms training not only to Kashmiri youth but to foreign mercenaries who late were pushed into the Kashmir valley for indulging in acts of violence.If more than 50,000 people have been killed in Jammu and Kashmir during the last over 26 years it has been the product of militancy related activities and violence.
And if Kasuri talks of friendly relations between India and Pakistan he should motivate the establishment in Islam-abad to reciprocate New Delhi's gestures for promoting peace. Aid to militants may prove counter productive for Pakistan and that is what one is experiencing for the last 10 years. |
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