Former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has mustered enough courage to admit in public about Pakistan’s involvement in the 26/11 attacks. India’s stand on the Mumbai attacks stands vindicated following Sharif’s confession. Now that Sharif is a spent force, his confession has not come at a time when it had to come. He has denounced non-state actors for crossing the border and killing people in Mumbai. Attacks and counter-attacks keep the relationship with other countries on the boil. This is what has been happening with regard to the India-Pak relationship. Sharif quoted Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese Premier Xi Jinping and said that it is absolutely unacceptable to allow non-state actors to cross the border and commit terrorism there. But these two Presidents have not publicly condemned the 26/11 attack in the strongest possible terms.
Particularly China has never showered a sympathetic word for the victims of the 26/11 attack. Sharif has deplored the presence of two or more parallel Governments in Pakistan. The entire world knows that there are parallel Governments running in Pakistan and it is the military that has a strong say over there than the elected Government. Confession or no confession by Sharif, it is of little use for India. It is disturbing that the international community has not exerted enough pressure on Pakistan to try and punish the likes of Hafiz Saeed and Masood Azhar for perpetrating violence on Indian soil.