Pak showed its colour

Pakistan Interior Minister Rehman Malik’s visit to India has been unproductive and in no way different from the previous visits of other Pakistani dignitaries. India’s Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde has failed to make any impression about his side on Malik. He did not present his side strongly to punish the mastermind of 26/11 Hafiz Sayeed, who is roaming freely in Pakistan. Rehman Malik visited India, interacted with his Indian counterpart and several other top officials, including leader of the opposition Sushama Swaraj and had talks but with no positive sign. His description of 26/11 accused Abu Jindal as an Indian and agent of elite intelligence is nothing but ridiculous. Abu Jindal is a Pakistani citizen and he was working with LeT. He had choreographed all the terrorists involved in 26/11. He kept constant supervision on executing the terror attack on Mumbai. Abu Jindal was deported to India from Saudi Arabia where Pakistani diplomat claimed about him as Pakistani citizen. Rehman Malik says that the dossiers submitted by India to Pakistan are not evidences about LeT founder Hafiz Sayeed’s prime role and others involvement in 26/11 but only information. He says that they will not stand in the law courts of Pakistan. How could they would stand in the law court in Pakistan when its all powerful military backs Hafiz Sayeed strongly and patronize him to bleed and disintegrate India. So long as this perception of Pakistan persists, there would be no improvement in relations. All talks with Pakistan is fruitless unless and until it realizes its deliberate weakness to reign in terror elements from acting against India from its soil. Pakistan military is so dominant that their influence on judiciary and executive can not be ignored. The weak democratic government can not run its writ large. And the same is with Pakistan. Military has always overreaching influence on the duly elected democratic government. To be in power, Pak President Asif Ali Zardari has to keep military establish in good humour. Mumbai attack was conceived, plotted directed and instructed from there under Pak military observation. Malik’s version that non state -actors from both sides were involved in the attack is not correct but his attempt to cover Pak clear involvement in 26/11. Terrorism has been an instrument of state policy since the military regime of Zia-Ul-Haq in Pakistan. Malik’s belief that it was because of the absence of interaction between the two countries on intelligence and government levels the Mumbai terror strike could not be foiled is his attempt to impress upon India to continue talking despite terror. But Talks and terror acts from Pak soil can not go side by side. Rehman Malik’s logic does not hold any water. His way of comparison between Mumbai attack and the demolition of Babri-Masjid is non-sensical. He wanted to raise India’s internal issue deliberately. He had visited India only to put Pakistan’s view of Mumbai attack just opposite to India and nothing else.