After learning positive lessons from the past conflicts, especially World War-I and World War-II, in the modern era of new trends like renunciation of war as a state policy, peaceful settlement of disputes and economic development through cooperation, it is expected that unlike the non-state actors, state actors will behave with responsibility when controversy arises between them over any issue. Quite contrarily, India leaders are still displaying irresponsible approach towards Pakistan.
In this regard, after the lapse of more than one year in the aftermath of Mumbai- terror attacks, India is still intransigent on its illogical stand in connection with composite dialogue. Hopes for early normalisation of bilateral ties between Pakistan and India were dashed on February 25 as the countries' foreign secretaries failed to agree on a timetable to revive the stalled peace process. The meeting between Foreign Secretary Salman Bashir and his Indian counterpart, Nirupma Rao concluded with differences over all key issues, including the Kashmir dispute and terrorism. The two sides did not issue a joint statement at the end of talks, nor held a joint press conference. The secretary-level talks have given weight to the notion that the meeting was managed by India to highlight its concerns over "cross-border terrorism" by sidelining the Kashmir dispute. Addressing a press conference at the Pakistan High Commission after a five-hour meeting, Indian Foreign Secretary Rao said that the time is "not right" yet to resume the composite dialogue process between India and Pakistan. Rao further pointed out that terrorism was discussed for most of the time. A day after foreign secretary-level talks, rejecting the Indian opposition's claim that New Delhi has softened its stance on terrorism, Indian External Affairs Minister SM Krishna remarked that it was conveyed to Pakistan that the steps taken to bring the perpetrators of the Mumbai terror attacks "in an expeditious and transparent manner" to justice had not gone far enough…"nor are these steps enough to unveil the full conspiracy behind the attack". On the other side, on February 25, Pakistan's Foreign Secretary Salman Bashir expressed disappointment at India's narrow focus to combat insurgents in Pakistan. Bashir complained that India's focus on the Mumbai attacks was 'unfair' and 'unrealistic' given Pakistan's efforts to fight militancy and its own struggle against the Taliban and militants. Bashir explained, "We have suffered many, many hundreds of Mumbai's…have lost a great number of civilians," adding: "Pakistan does not believe that India should lecture us and demand to do this or that. He further indicated, "That is not how inter-state relations are conducted." Answering a question about India's reported involvement in fomenting trouble in Balochistan, Bashir said Pakistan had documentary proofs, including photographs, to this effect. In reply to a question about the water issue, he revealed that Pakistan had handed some documents to the Indian side and expressed the hope that India would consider them to resolve this issue under the Indus Basin Water Treaty. Salman Bashir indicated that Pakistan had taken up steps against suspects of Mumbai attacks and it would also look into three dossiers handed over by India containing names of some wanted persons. The fact of the matter is that Islamabad wants result-oriented and meaningful dialogue, discussing all out standing issues including terrorism, while New Delhi wants to use Mumbai-related terrorism as a pretext to hold talk hostage. However, India conducted the ongoing dialogue in order to fulfill the formality as New Delhi bowed before the US pressure�the fact which was also endorsed by the BJP leadership. Despite it, Indian obduracy regarding terrorism as the single agenda of dialogue shows New Delhi's irresponsible approach which needs analysis. In wake of rising tension between the two South Asian nuclear states in connection with the culprits of Mumbai tragedy, Pakistan has proved itself as a responsible state actor. On February 12, 2009, Islamabad had not only submitted its report to India after lodging FIR against the nine suspects and taking six accused persons into custody, but also admitted that Mumbai attacks were "partially planned in Pakistan" by the non-state actors. Pakistan's positive behaviour was greatly appreciated by the foreign officials and media, while on the other side, New Delhi alongwith its media anchors took it as a surprise because India has, itself, been acting upon a reckless policy regarding Pakistan which is still being pursued under the cover of self-fabricated evidence with a view to showing official backing of our country in the Mumbai carnage. Since November 26, 2008 when the Mumbai mayhem occurred, setting aside our ruler's views that non-state actors are linked to the mishappening, India's blind rejection of Islamabad's offer of joint investigation, various contradictory statements of Indian military and civilian leadership such as calling Pakistan the epicenter of terrorism, emphasizing to hand over the fugitives to New Delhi, taking action against them inside Pakistan, accusing Islamabad of sponsoring terrorism�and all options are open for India including surgical strikes�deployment of Indian military troops across the international border have shown that India is an irresponsible state actor. The fact of the matter is that now Islamabad's realistic reply has proved, without any doubt, that some non-sovereign entities in Pakistan, India and even in some western countries had planed Mumbai catastrophe, but New Delhi wants to unilaterally blame our country in this respect in order to conceal Indian home-grown culprits because its real anti-Pakistan designs will be exposed through a genuine probe. In this regard, Islamabad also raised 30 questions in the report, reciprocally seeking information about Indian officials involved in Malay villages and Samjotha Express blasts in which Indian mastermind Lt. Col Srikant Purohit was found guilty in targeting Muslims, and details on the death of Indian Anti-terrorist Squad chief Hemant Karkare during Mumbai tragedy. It is of particular attention that on February 8 last year, Indian Gujrat Chief Minister Narendra Singh Modi disclosed that the Mumbai terror attacks could not have been carried out without internal help. On February 12, 2009, the Mumbai police chief Hassan Ghafoor also admitted that two Indians who were arrested by the Indian police had been involved in the Mumbai terror attacks. Their comments were in sharp contrast with claims of other Indian high officials who hold Pakistan solely responsible for the carnage. And why India avoids joint probe in this serious matter. In fact, India has only been exploiting the Mumbai events to fulfill some covert aims against our country. In this context, First, New Delhi wants to divert the attention of the US and other western countries from the thorny issue of Kashmir. Second, India wants to keep the composite dialogue in abeyance as part of its delaying tactics in resolving any issue with Pakistan, especially dispute of Kashmir. Third, even if talks started on other issues, New Delhi intends to get leverage over Pakistan on key disputes such as Kashmir and water. Fourth, India wants to continue creating unrest in Pakistan by supporting insurgency in Balochistan and FATA regions from Afghanistan where it has established a terror-structure with the help of Indian army and intelligence agency, RAW. Fifth, India, with the backing of America, wants to contain a peace-loving China with a view to thwarting Sino-Pak cooperation, especially in relation to Gwadar seaport. Sixth, Indian ruling party, Congress and fundamentalist parties such as BJP, RSS, Shiv Sena etc., entailing other Hindu non-state actors want to use the Mumbai card for increasing anti-Pakistan jubilation among its general masses. Besides, in the immediate aftermath of the Mumbai tragedy, India had sent delegations to the western countries in distorting the image of Pakistan, and isolating the latter diplomatically. Meanwhile, Pakistan's successful Swat-Malakand and Wazirsitan military operations have surprised the US-led developed countries which highly appreciated Pakistan's security forces. Nevertheless, it seems surprising that Indian rulers have still been acting upon irresponsible approach by displaying a continued obstinacy by accusing Islamabad to do something regarding the issue of Mumabai-related terrorism by neglecting the fact that Pakistan itself has been facing a perennial wave of terrorism.
In this regard, after the lapse of more than one year in the aftermath of Mumbai- terror attacks, India is still intransigent on its illogical stand in connection with composite dialogue. Hopes for early normalisation of bilateral ties between Pakistan and India were dashed on February 25 as the countries' foreign secretaries failed to agree on a timetable to revive the stalled peace process. The meeting between Foreign Secretary Salman Bashir and his Indian counterpart, Nirupma Rao concluded with differences over all key issues, including the Kashmir dispute and terrorism. The two sides did not issue a joint statement at the end of talks, nor held a joint press conference. The secretary-level talks have given weight to the notion that the meeting was managed by India to highlight its concerns over "cross-border terrorism" by sidelining the Kashmir dispute. Addressing a press conference at the Pakistan High Commission after a five-hour meeting, Indian Foreign Secretary Rao said that the time is "not right" yet to resume the composite dialogue process between India and Pakistan. Rao further pointed out that terrorism was discussed for most of the time. A day after foreign secretary-level talks, rejecting the Indian opposition's claim that New Delhi has softened its stance on terrorism, Indian External Affairs Minister SM Krishna remarked that it was conveyed to Pakistan that the steps taken to bring the perpetrators of the Mumbai terror attacks "in an expeditious and transparent manner" to justice had not gone far enough…"nor are these steps enough to unveil the full conspiracy behind the attack". On the other side, on February 25, Pakistan's Foreign Secretary Salman Bashir expressed disappointment at India's narrow focus to combat insurgents in Pakistan. Bashir complained that India's focus on the Mumbai attacks was 'unfair' and 'unrealistic' given Pakistan's efforts to fight militancy and its own struggle against the Taliban and militants. Bashir explained, "We have suffered many, many hundreds of Mumbai's…have lost a great number of civilians," adding: "Pakistan does not believe that India should lecture us and demand to do this or that. He further indicated, "That is not how inter-state relations are conducted." Answering a question about India's reported involvement in fomenting trouble in Balochistan, Bashir said Pakistan had documentary proofs, including photographs, to this effect. In reply to a question about the water issue, he revealed that Pakistan had handed some documents to the Indian side and expressed the hope that India would consider them to resolve this issue under the Indus Basin Water Treaty. Salman Bashir indicated that Pakistan had taken up steps against suspects of Mumbai attacks and it would also look into three dossiers handed over by India containing names of some wanted persons. The fact of the matter is that Islamabad wants result-oriented and meaningful dialogue, discussing all out standing issues including terrorism, while New Delhi wants to use Mumbai-related terrorism as a pretext to hold talk hostage. However, India conducted the ongoing dialogue in order to fulfill the formality as New Delhi bowed before the US pressure�the fact which was also endorsed by the BJP leadership. Despite it, Indian obduracy regarding terrorism as the single agenda of dialogue shows New Delhi's irresponsible approach which needs analysis. In wake of rising tension between the two South Asian nuclear states in connection with the culprits of Mumbai tragedy, Pakistan has proved itself as a responsible state actor. On February 12, 2009, Islamabad had not only submitted its report to India after lodging FIR against the nine suspects and taking six accused persons into custody, but also admitted that Mumbai attacks were "partially planned in Pakistan" by the non-state actors. Pakistan's positive behaviour was greatly appreciated by the foreign officials and media, while on the other side, New Delhi alongwith its media anchors took it as a surprise because India has, itself, been acting upon a reckless policy regarding Pakistan which is still being pursued under the cover of self-fabricated evidence with a view to showing official backing of our country in the Mumbai carnage. Since November 26, 2008 when the Mumbai mayhem occurred, setting aside our ruler's views that non-state actors are linked to the mishappening, India's blind rejection of Islamabad's offer of joint investigation, various contradictory statements of Indian military and civilian leadership such as calling Pakistan the epicenter of terrorism, emphasizing to hand over the fugitives to New Delhi, taking action against them inside Pakistan, accusing Islamabad of sponsoring terrorism�and all options are open for India including surgical strikes�deployment of Indian military troops across the international border have shown that India is an irresponsible state actor. The fact of the matter is that now Islamabad's realistic reply has proved, without any doubt, that some non-sovereign entities in Pakistan, India and even in some western countries had planed Mumbai catastrophe, but New Delhi wants to unilaterally blame our country in this respect in order to conceal Indian home-grown culprits because its real anti-Pakistan designs will be exposed through a genuine probe. In this regard, Islamabad also raised 30 questions in the report, reciprocally seeking information about Indian officials involved in Malay villages and Samjotha Express blasts in which Indian mastermind Lt. Col Srikant Purohit was found guilty in targeting Muslims, and details on the death of Indian Anti-terrorist Squad chief Hemant Karkare during Mumbai tragedy. It is of particular attention that on February 8 last year, Indian Gujrat Chief Minister Narendra Singh Modi disclosed that the Mumbai terror attacks could not have been carried out without internal help. On February 12, 2009, the Mumbai police chief Hassan Ghafoor also admitted that two Indians who were arrested by the Indian police had been involved in the Mumbai terror attacks. Their comments were in sharp contrast with claims of other Indian high officials who hold Pakistan solely responsible for the carnage. And why India avoids joint probe in this serious matter. In fact, India has only been exploiting the Mumbai events to fulfill some covert aims against our country. In this context, First, New Delhi wants to divert the attention of the US and other western countries from the thorny issue of Kashmir. Second, India wants to keep the composite dialogue in abeyance as part of its delaying tactics in resolving any issue with Pakistan, especially dispute of Kashmir. Third, even if talks started on other issues, New Delhi intends to get leverage over Pakistan on key disputes such as Kashmir and water. Fourth, India wants to continue creating unrest in Pakistan by supporting insurgency in Balochistan and FATA regions from Afghanistan where it has established a terror-structure with the help of Indian army and intelligence agency, RAW. Fifth, India, with the backing of America, wants to contain a peace-loving China with a view to thwarting Sino-Pak cooperation, especially in relation to Gwadar seaport. Sixth, Indian ruling party, Congress and fundamentalist parties such as BJP, RSS, Shiv Sena etc., entailing other Hindu non-state actors want to use the Mumbai card for increasing anti-Pakistan jubilation among its general masses. Besides, in the immediate aftermath of the Mumbai tragedy, India had sent delegations to the western countries in distorting the image of Pakistan, and isolating the latter diplomatically. Meanwhile, Pakistan's successful Swat-Malakand and Wazirsitan military operations have surprised the US-led developed countries which highly appreciated Pakistan's security forces. Nevertheless, it seems surprising that Indian rulers have still been acting upon irresponsible approach by displaying a continued obstinacy by accusing Islamabad to do something regarding the issue of Mumabai-related terrorism by neglecting the fact that Pakistan itself has been facing a perennial wave of terrorism.
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