prasad1
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The expected thing has happened. India has called off talks with Pakistan, objecting to the Pakistan high commissioner's meeting with a Kashmiri separatist group. The relationship between the two countries has historically gone through a lot of ups and down and Monday's development certainly creates a stalemate.
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In reality, Modi like his predecessors doesn't really have a blueprint to approach the talks or how to stop Pakistan from indulging in “proxy wars”. The fact that he raised the pitch and rhetoric against Pakistan while he was in the opposition also restricts him from taking a centrist line. In a sense, Modi has fallen trap to his past actions and the pressure from the hawks of the Sangh Parivar and Pakistan army. Unfortunately, dabang Modi has failed to show the bravado which mild-mannered Vajpayee exhibited.
Veil off 'sari diplomacy', Narendra Modi government succumbs to hardliners | Latest News & Updates at Daily News & Analysis
The ceasefire violations have since then risen sharply. There have been 12 ceasefire violations in August itself notwithstanding the scheduled Foreign Secretary-level talks between the two countries which have now been cancelled.
To make the situation worse, Pakistani High Commissioner to India Abdul Basit invited several separatists, including Hurriyat hawk Syed Ali Shah Geelani, moderate leader Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, leader of a breakaway faction of Hurriyat Shabir Shah and pro-independence JKLF chairman Mohammad Yasin Malik for holding separate talks in the national capital.
This led to India calling off the talks that was to be held on August 25 in Islamabad. The Sharif government is currently facing heat due to an political internal strife. Tehreek-e-Insaf's chief and leader of Opposition Imran Khan along with Awami Tehreek leader and cleric Tahir-ul Qadri have been demanding Sharif's resignation over alleged poll rigging by his party. Khan had threatened to launch a civil disobedience movement.
On August 18, Sharif's government failed to engage Khan in talks and put an end to the protest Given the uncertain political situation in Pakistan and recent actions of the Pakistan High Commissioner in India, talks between the two countries seem to have hit a roadblock for now.
http://www.dnaindia.com/india/repor...ies-since-narendra-modi-s-swearing-in-2011785
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In reality, Modi like his predecessors doesn't really have a blueprint to approach the talks or how to stop Pakistan from indulging in “proxy wars”. The fact that he raised the pitch and rhetoric against Pakistan while he was in the opposition also restricts him from taking a centrist line. In a sense, Modi has fallen trap to his past actions and the pressure from the hawks of the Sangh Parivar and Pakistan army. Unfortunately, dabang Modi has failed to show the bravado which mild-mannered Vajpayee exhibited.
Veil off 'sari diplomacy', Narendra Modi government succumbs to hardliners | Latest News & Updates at Daily News & Analysis
The ceasefire violations have since then risen sharply. There have been 12 ceasefire violations in August itself notwithstanding the scheduled Foreign Secretary-level talks between the two countries which have now been cancelled.
To make the situation worse, Pakistani High Commissioner to India Abdul Basit invited several separatists, including Hurriyat hawk Syed Ali Shah Geelani, moderate leader Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, leader of a breakaway faction of Hurriyat Shabir Shah and pro-independence JKLF chairman Mohammad Yasin Malik for holding separate talks in the national capital.
This led to India calling off the talks that was to be held on August 25 in Islamabad. The Sharif government is currently facing heat due to an political internal strife. Tehreek-e-Insaf's chief and leader of Opposition Imran Khan along with Awami Tehreek leader and cleric Tahir-ul Qadri have been demanding Sharif's resignation over alleged poll rigging by his party. Khan had threatened to launch a civil disobedience movement.
On August 18, Sharif's government failed to engage Khan in talks and put an end to the protest Given the uncertain political situation in Pakistan and recent actions of the Pakistan High Commissioner in India, talks between the two countries seem to have hit a roadblock for now.
http://www.dnaindia.com/india/repor...ies-since-narendra-modi-s-swearing-in-2011785
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