05 November 2016
By Dr. Abdul Ruff Colachal
As it is known, Kashmir is the chief cause of tensions between heavily armed
and nuclearized South Asian nations India and Pakistan, joint occupiers, along
with veto power China, of Jammu Kashmir. China has taken a part of Azad
Kashmir from Pakistani possession most probably on payment basis and does not
ask for more lands from India which is eager to mend ways with Asian
superpower so that Pakistan stands isolated internationally without any big
supporter to question Indian action against Pakistan.
Since the world powers and UNSC have refused to end genocides in Kashmir
perpetrated by Indian forces that enjoy special military powers gifted by the
fanatic regime, Kashmir Muslim continue to die, falling victim to modern
colonialism religiously promoted by India with blessing form USA and Russia.
That is indeed Himalayan shame.
It looks the South Asian nuclear giants are bent upon showcasing their prowess
by engaging themselves in regular mutual clashes in order only to terrorize
the Kashmiris besieged between them and find vital space in international
media and forums. They have been successful.
Interestingly, both sides typically refute the other's version of events. New
Delhi protested against the alleged mutilation of the body of an Indian
soldier by an attacker who escaped across the Line of Control after
''committing this heinous crime''. The press wing of the Pakistani military
said India had committed 178 cease-fire violations this year, killing 19
civilians and injuring 80 more.
India and Pakistan have been at loggerheads since a group of gunmen killed 19
Indian soldiers in September at an army camp in Kashmir, an attack India
blamed on Pakistan-based militants. India said it had sent special commandos
into Pakistan-controlled Kashmir to kill militants in a retaliatory operation
that sharply soured relations between the neighbors. Pakistan says the
operation never happened and accuses India of inventing it to distract
attention from its crackdown on protests in the part of Kashmir it controls.
Cross fires, meant to make Kashmiris feel vulnerable, followed by cease-fire
violations have been dominating the bilateral relations for years now with
very little cross border trade taking place between them.
The countries' heavily militarized frontier has been tense since, as their
armed forces have frequently exchanged cross-border fire. Artillery duels and
skirmishing along the disputed frontier that runs through Kashmir have
escalated in recent days, leading India to summon the Pakistani deputy high
commissioner to express its ''grave concern and strong protest''. In a
statement, the Indian Ministry of External Affairs accused Pakistan of
violations of a 2003 ceasefire that have caused several fatalities and
injuries among its civilians and security forces.
After initial overtures between the two prime ministers, Nawaz Sharif of
Pakistan and Narendra Modi of India, relations continued to sour as ceasefire
violations along the Kashmir border increased. But the two nuclear-armed
neighbours have a long history of diplomatic spats but rarely have they
publicly disclosed the identity of each other's mission officials in the past.
India called off normalization talks with Pakistan in August 2014 just because
the Pakistani high commissioner in Delhi feted pro-Pakistan freedom leaders
from India occupied Jammu Kashmir. A year later, Pakistan called off a meeting
of the two national security advisers in Delhi as war of words broke out
between them. Soon afterwards, Pakistan replaced its civilian national
security adviser with a retired army officer.
Diplomatic and military relations between India and Pakistan have deteriorated
for weeks after a militant attack on an Indian army base in September that New
Delhi blamed on Islamabad. In response to last month's assault on an army
base, in which 19 Indian soldiers were killed, the Indian army launched what
it called surgical strikes on militants in territory controlled by Pakistan.
Islamabad rejected India's claims, saying Indian troops didn't cross over to
its side. India said it had carried out ''surgical strikes'' inside Pakistan
as retribution, but Islamabad denied they even took place and accused New
Delhi of fabrication to distract attention from its crackdown on the protests
in the part of Kashmir it controls.
Diplomatic personnel and ambassadors have immunity to do whatever they want in
foreign countries as their ''right and privilege'' but occasionally when one
country wants to showcase its ''specialty'' to the world, it expels some
diplomats on the famous espionage charges as if they are not supposed to do
them.
Occasionally mutual expulsion of diplomats characterizes the level of their
anger at a given point. Recently India and Pakistan announced they would each
expel one of the other's diplomats amid growing tension between the
nuclear-armed arch-foes over the disputed region of Kashmir.
India expelled a Pakistani diplomat based in New Delhi who allegedly ran a spy
ring that collected sensitive information about Indian security operations
along its border. Soon Pakistan's foreign ministry said it had declared an
Indian diplomat, Surjeet Singh, persona non grata and given him 48 hours to
leave the country. That is in response to Indian action insulting its
Pakistani ''guests''. Police in New Delhi said the Pakistani diplomat was
detained on Wednesday outside the gates to Delhi Zoo, where he had met two
Indian associates whom police believe he had recruited to spy for him. That is
well written usual story. Police accused the Pakistani official, Mahmood
Akhtar, of illegally collecting information about India's security operations
on the countries' tense border.
India accused a Pakistani diplomat of spying and ordered him to leave the
country, prompting Islamabad to expel an Indian official in retaliation, as
relations between the nuclear-armed neighbors continued to sour. Police in New
Delhi accused the Pakistani official, Mahmood Akhtar, of illegally collecting
information about India's security operations on the countries' tense border.
He was declared persona non grata for alleged ''espionage activities,''
India's Foreign Ministry spokesman said Akhtar must leave India by next day,
authorities said. Pakistan's Foreign Ministry said the allegations were
''false and unsubstantiated'' and condemned what it called ''the detention and
manhandling'' of the official.
Later as expected, Pakistan's foreign ministry announced it had declared Singh
persona non grata and informed the Indian High Commission he had until
Saturday to leave the country. The statement said Singh was accused of
activities ''that were in violation of the Vienna Convention and the
established diplomatic norms'' but did not elaborate.
An aide to India's prime minister in New
Delhi said the government was looking into the matter. India's external
affairs ministry spokesman was not immediately available for comment.
Pakistan's High Commission in New Delhi rejected the allegations, saying in a
statement it ''never engages in any activity that is incompatible with its
diplomatic status''. Its Foreign Ministry said in a statement that Surjeet
Singh was involved in activities that violated diplomatic norms, but didn't
provide any further details of his alleged missteps.
In an apparent tit-for-tat move, Pakistan announced the expulsion of an
official at the Indian High Commission in Islamabad. Its Foreign Ministry said
in a statement that Surjeet Singh was involved in activities that violated
diplomatic norms, but didn't provide any further details of his alleged
missteps. Indian police said that Akhtar, who worked as an assistant to
Pakistan's trade counselor in the embassy in New Delhi, had been recruiting
Indian informants for 18 months and obtained from them details about the
deployment of security forces on the border, including maps and staffing
lists.
As planned, Akhtar was
detained on October 26 at a New Delhi zoo where he was collecting sensitive
documents pertaining to national security from two of his Indian associates,
said India's Foreign Ministry. Akhtar—a former Pakistani soldier who reported
to the country's Inter-Services Intelligence agency, police said—was taken to
a police station for questioning and later released after he invoked
diplomatic immunity. Police said they arrested the two Indian men, who they
claimed were part of Akhtar's network. One is a teacher in the border state of
Rajasthan and the other is a businessman, said a senior Indian police
official, who declined to provide details on how these men allegedly obtained
sensitive documents and information.
The latest diplomatic incident has
further strained ties that have grown increasingly fraught over
national-security issues. India accuses Pakistan of providing training and
logistical support to militants who cross the border into India to carry out
attacks. Islamabad denies the allegations.
When Pakistan decided to expel two alleged Indian RAW agents from the Indian
High Commission in Islamabad, in the guise of diplomats are running a terror
unit in Pakistan. They include Rajesh Kumar Agnihotri and Baleer Singh. They
are working as Commercial Counselor and Press Information Secretary
respectively. The diplomats have been found to be involved in activities to
destabilize Pakistan by facilitating and funding terrorism,'' sources revealed
to the media outlet. According to sources, Indian diplomatic official Surjeet
Singh who was recently expelled by Pakistan was also part of the network.
In response to last month's assault on
an army base in Uri in occupied Kashmir, in which 19 Indian soldiers were
killed, the Indian army launched what it called surgical strikes on militants
in Kashmir territory controlled by Pakistan. Islamabad rejected India's
claims, saying Indian troops didn't cross over to its side. The countries'
heavily militarized frontier has been tense since, as their armed forces have
frequently exchanged cross-border fire.
Akhtar—a former Pakistani soldier who
reported to the country's Inter-Services Intelligence agency, police said—was
taken to a police station for questioning and later released after he invoked
diplomatic immunity. Indian police said that Akhtar, who worked as an
assistant to Pakistan's trade counselor in the embassy in New Delhi, had been
recruiting Indian informants for 18 months and obtained from them details
about the deployment of security forces on the border, including maps and
staffing lists.
Police said they arrested the two Indians, who they claimed were part of
Akhtar's network. One is a teacher in a mosque in the border state of
Rajasthan and the other is a struggling businessman, said a senior Indian
police official, who declined to provide details on how these men allegedly
obtained sensitive documents and information.
The expulsion of Akhtar takes place as New Delhi seeks consular access to an
Indian man, Kulbhushan Yadav, whom Pakistan arrested seven months ago,
claiming he is an Indian naval officer and a spy trying to destabilize parts
of the country. New Delhi has denied that Yadav was working for the Indian
government. India's Foreign Ministry said he had retired from the Navy and ran
a business in Iran, from where he may have been abducted. Pakistan has denied
Indian requests for consular access to Yadav, who hasn't been charged.
Without questioning the logic of
allowing special immunity guarantees to foreign embassy personnel, India just
accused a Pakistani diplomat of spying and ordered him to leave the country,
prompting Islamabad to expel an Indian official in retaliation, as relations
between the nuclear-armed neighbors continued to sour. Also without
criticizing the rule of immunity harming national interests, Pakistan's
Foreign Ministry said the allegations were ''false and unsubstantiated'' and
condemned what it called ''the detention and manhandling'' of the official. In
an apparent tit-for-tat move, Pakistan announced the expulsion of an official
at the Indian High Commission in Islamabad.
India accuses Pakistan of providing
training and logistical support to militants who cross the border into India
to carry out attacks. Islamabad denies the allegations. India says that there
was high probability that the information passed on by these ''anti-national
elements'' to PIO (Pakistan intelligence operative) is being used against the
national interests and could be highly detrimental for national security,
adding they had been trying to break the spy ring for six months.
Observation and solution
One is not sure Indian action followed refusal by the Pakistani official to
give visa to any anti-Pakistani persons. That action would have offended New
Delhi had its agents were denied Pakistani visa. The Pakistani diplomat, who
reportedly worked in Pakistan High Commission's visa section, and his alleged
Indian accomplices were found with forged documents, defense-related maps,
deployment charts and lists of officers working along India's border with
Pakistan, Indian police said in a statement.
One is not sure Indian action followed refusal by the Pakistani official to
give visa to any ant–Pakistani persons. That action would have offended New
Delhi had its agents were denied Pakistani visa. The Pakistani diplomat, who
reportedly worked in Pakistan High Commission's visa section, and his alleged
Indian accomplices were found with forged documents, defense-related maps,
deployment charts and lists of officers working along India's border with
Pakistan, Indian police said in a statement.
In response to last month's assault on an army base, in which 19 Indian
soldiers were killed, the Indian army launched what it called surgical strikes
on militants in territory controlled by Pakistan. Islamabad rejected India's
claims, saying Indian troops didn't cross over to its side. The countries'
heavily militarized frontier has been tense since, as their armed forces have
frequently exchanged cross-border fire.
The diplomatic spat over suspicion of espionage comes after months of sharply
deteriorating relations that began with civil unrest in Indian-controlled
Kashmir and Pakistan's global lobbying against New Delhi's crackdown on the
Kashmiri activists.
Indian and
Pakistani troops face off against each other along the de facto border in
divided Kashmir – a region they both claim in full but control in part – and
have exchanged fire several times this week in cross-border shelling. Vikas
Swarup, spokesman of the Indian Ministry of External Affairs, said six
Pakistani diplomats have already left the Indian capital but said they had not
been expelled. Pakistan declined to comment on the matter ahead of a planned
news conference, while India said the identity of eight of its diplomats had
been revealed by Pakistani media. Pakistan has expelled six Indian diplomats
for espionage and has revealed their names, local media said on Wednesday, a
move sure to exacerbate a rift between the nuclear-armed South Asian
neighbours that has been widening for months.
As a usual profitable strategy, India
accuses Pakistan of providing training and logistical support to militants who
cross the border into India to carry out attacks. Islamabad denies the
allegations. India accused a Pakistani diplomat of spying and ordered him to
leave the country, prompting Islamabad to expel an Indian official in
retaliation, as relations between the nuclear-armed neighbors continued to
sour. The latest diplomatic incident has further strained ties that have grown
increasingly fraught over national-security issues.
Obviously, the special privileges like
immunity have been exploited by countries through their respective embassies
to conduct espionage and divisive operations against the host country. Though
such activities re immoral and illegal, the immunity the personnel possess
enable them to undertake such heinous acts of treason. Counties like USA, UK
and Russia do this more than the rest but their veto on UN saves them from any
punitive measures by the affected nations that are helpless and vulnerable.
Therefore, if countries wish to have genuine diplomatic work in other
countries must seek to do away with immunity right and push for ending the
veto status for some countries against the weak one.
Otherwise there is no point in complaining and expelling diplomatic personnel
for doing what they are expected by their governments to do abroad, expecting
retaliatory explosion from the affected ones. India and Pakistan also must
join hands to do away with immunity and veto system on UN.
It is a fact, that Pakistani sad preachment has been caused directly by its
neighbor India wanting a free say in controlling Jammu Kashmir, committing
genocides as freely as jungle beasts. In fact, Pakistan got panic when India
manufactured nukes with Russian help and would certainly bullied Islamabad
posing itself as the boss of the region, even if would not have used them
against Pakistan. As Pakistani regime spent most of its resources for military
apparatus in order to defend itself from any possible Indian attacks it has
little resources left for spending on poor and sports. That is exactly what
Indian stalwarts wanted so that India could advance it interest, both legal
and illegal, to make itself strong. It has achieved that while Pakistan has
become an empty nation, bullied by every third rate nation – eventually
getting nuclear facility to equate Indian threat. Indian fanatics keep pushing
the government to attack Pakistani and force it to sub-serve Indian interests.
Anti-Islamic forces, led by USA and India, conspired to destabilize Pakistan
in order to promote Indian interests.
Nukes are as good as dead as they could only be the deterrents and cannot be
eaten or used but most of its resources Pakistan has wasted on them. Apart
from nukes Pakistan has developed very little. Now China is developing parts
of Pakistan as part of One Road, One belt theme to showcase its economic
military power. USA and China alternatively exploit Pakistan.
Now Pakistan must forget about paper tiger called India and begin planning for
the overall development of the nation as a truly Islamic country to make the
youth strong enough to face the challenges of the modern world in all domains,
including sports- forget about the bogus sport known as cricket which does not
let Pakistan focus n real sports and economy. In sports Pakistani players must
shed the usual hesitation, unwillingness and fear and face the opponents with
focus as Indians face Muslims in any sport but also dedication.
In view of the crude fact that UN is impotent, the best solution to the mutual
hatred and tensions between these neighbors is to surrender Jammu Kashmir to
Kashmiris and pay for the loss of lives and destruction of property in
Kashmir.
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