"Narendra Modi contested elections on
anti-Pakistan platform and now wants to dictate terms for the dialogue with
Pakistan but we will never accept this and we have already conveyed it to New
Delhi." He said Kashmir will be part and parcel of any agenda of talks
with India and that the international community has accepted Pakistan’s point
of view in this regard. Aziz said that no one could dare to launch any attack
inside Pakistan and if anyone did so, he would get a befitting response. He
said that Pakistan would not be pressured by Indian threats of an attack at any
time, adding that if India even thought of attacking, Pakistan would provide a
befitting response.
Sartaj Aziz, Pakistan's National Security Advisor,
Dawn, September 8, 2014
"If the enemy (read India) ever resorts to any
misadventure, regardless of its size and scale - short or long - it will have
to pay an unbearable cost."
"Enduring peace is not possible without a just
resolution of Kashmir. The issue can no longer be put on the backburner."
Raheel Sharif, Pakistan's Army Chief, September 6,
2015
"Undoubtedly Pakistan is a responsible and
peaceful nuclear power. Though, we are fully aware of the conspiracies and
tactics of the enemies (read India), we desire to have good and peaceful
relations with all our neighbours on the basis of sovereign equality. I wish to
make it clear that we will protect the sovereignty and security of Pakistan at
all cost."
"Today we are celebrating the golden jubilee
of those memorable events, when our brave armed forces not only successfully
defended its frontiers but also thwarted the nefarious designs of the enemy
(read India)."
Nawaz Sharif, Pakistan's Prime Minister, while
speaking on 50th anniversary of 1965 war between India and Pakistan -
September 6, 2015
"September 6 is the day of aggression for
India and the Day of Defence for Pakistan and with the Grace of Allah, it
became the day of victory for Pakistan and the day of defeat for India."
Pervaiz Rashid, Pakistan's Information Minister,
September 6
These loud claims cap the prevailing sentiments in
Pakistan's ruling establishment, that is, it's all powerful military, and a
political regime that depends on this military for its survival.
As India is finally shedding its 'Pakistan
obsession', Pakistan's ruling elite are getting ever more desperate to look for
fodders that words of Indian establishment used to provide to lubricate
(incite) the ordinary Pakistani mindsets - an anti-India atmosphere that the
Pakistan's ruling class has exploited since the days of partition.
Irrespective of what Ajit Doval, India's National
Security Advisor meant, India, for decades, practiced the policy of getting
engaged in 'below the belt' verbal wars with Pakistan. In fact, Pakistan outdid
India many times on international platforms while spreading falsities and
propaganda about Kashmir - not because Pakistan could do it efficiently - but
because India's sluggishness allowed it do so.
India and Pakistan began their sovereign,
independent journeys together. But the similarity ended there. Pakistan is no
match for India today. India is a global player while Pakistan is not even a
regional power. And it has not happened in a year.
But the realization on Indian part, in the ruling
establishment of India, came late.
India should (and should have) dismiss (dismissed)
Pakistan as a disturbed nation that is (was) trying to divert attention from
its internal problems by targeting India - through words - through wars - and
proxy war activities like militancy in Jammu and Kashmir and support to
terrorism in other parts of India.
Well, Pakistan has been at it for decades. And has
failed to make any significant dent - even after waging many wars - that it all
lost - including this one in 1965.
India knows it. The world knows it. Pakistan knows
it but doesn't accept it back home.
India was giving undue attention to Pakistan so
far. The time is now to realize and move ahead. The time is now to remain
silent and act whenever there is any provocation, as is the policy now -
inflicting heavy damage whenever Pakistan violates ceasefire (that it does in
routine). Destabilizing India and taking J&K from it are beyond Pakistan's
reach. And a growing global stature of India has made things even more
difficult for Pakistan.
As India is shedding its 'Pakistan obsession', not rushing
to react on war-mongering rhetoric by Pakistan's leaders while replying
Pakistan's armed provocations with twice the force, Pakistan is finding hard to
explain back home the failures that are piling up by the day.
Everyone in Pakistan's ruling establishment is
trying hard to provoke India - but India, it seems, is not going to buy the
verbal bravado now - or is not going to be trapped there - in a 'below the
belt' war of words. For Pakistan's support to armed militancy in J&K and
other parts of India - our internal apparatus is strong enough to mitigate hostile
developments.
