Pakistan must crack down on terror factories
The recent accusations of ceasefire violations from India across the line of Control (loC) and the International Border by Pakistan are that country’s desperate attempt to shift blame from its own transgressions. Indeed, the incidents of ceasefire violations have spiralled from the Pakistani side after India’s military conducted the surgical strikes in September following the Uri attack. Records show that the Indian security forces had retaliated only when their Pakistani counterparts attacked first. Most of the responses from the Indian Army come in a bid to prevent impending or attempted infiltration by militants from Pakistani soil. Pakistan must see to it that all terror activities from its soil are stopped immediately. There will be then be no retaliation from the Indian soil.
Meanwhile, Pakistan's Defence Minister Khawaja Mohammad Asif stated that the Indian Government was “heating the situation up along the borders and working boundary due to internal compulsions”. It must be made clear to the Pakistani Government that the Indian Army is doing its duty, nothing more. It is safeguarding its boundaries from Pakistan-sponsored infiltrators. Also, it is disheartening to note that Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has been trying to highlight supposed human right violations in the State of Jammu & Kashmir, instead of addressing the issue of terrorism.
Notably, it is for the first time that Pakistan has officially acknowledged it has suffered casualties on its side. The normal practice in Pakistan is to hide its casualties so that it can convince its people that only Indian soldiers were being killed. It is believed that Pakistan's old tactics of making false claims are not yielding positive results. However, on the other hand, the Indian Army has been placing facts before the public so that no misconception prevails about the activities on the sensitive border. Ceasefire violations by Pakistan have crossed 150 in number this this year in Jammu & Kashmir. Sources say that these figures were in single digits in the beginning of this year, but within a short span of time, it has increased at an alarming rate. Is Pakistan just pursuing its old agenda of disturbing peace in Jammu & KashmirIJ Or is it trying to provoke the Modi Government so as to create international opinion against Indian military actions along the bordersIJ
It seems the entire establishment in Pakistan is confused and in total chaos. the civilian Government of Nawaz Sharif is in no way controlling or is able to control the Army and the most important intelligence service of that nation, the Inter-Services Intelligence. Therefore, it would be very difficult for the Indian Government to start talks with the Pakistan Government to de-escalate the tensions. For this, unless the Pakistan Army comes with an understanding with the Sharif Government, no talks can be possible in the coming days. With winter approaching, it would be a hard task for both the sides to monitor the borders at many crucial posts, despite having state-of-the-art facilities. This can help some militants to cross the border, though overall infiltration attempts during winter go down. While countering the Pakistani regulars and the insurgents, the Government must sustain its aggression — which is the new normal.