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| Joint mechanism on cross roads | | editorial | |
Two latest developments have strong bearing on Indo Pak relations and
the peace process initiated afresh by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh
and Pak President Parvez Musharraf at Havana last month. Pakistan has
out rightly rejected Indian charge of Mumbai serial bomb blasts on
July 11 last, having Pak connections and ISI involvement. The National
Security Adviser M.K. Narayanan has reiterated what Prime Minister
Manmohan Singh had said earlier that Pakistan's sincerity on the
successful functioning of joint mechanism to tackle terrorism is on
test What action does Pakistan take on the evidence presented by India
about the Pakistani links and ISI involvement in the Mumbai blasts,
will prove whether the joint mechanism will work or not. M.K.
Narayanan while stating that India has pretty good evidence of
Pakistan involvement in the Mumbai blasts, which will be presented to
that country in the Foreign Secretary level talks being held soon in
New Delhi. If Pakistan does not respond positively even after that
there will be no sense in carrying on the joint mechanism and India
will adopt the option to withdraw from this arrangement. However
Spokesperson of Pak Foreign Ministry Tasnim Aslam has reacted sharply
to the claim by Indian NSA, terming it as a mere propaganda to which
India is used. Every mishap in India, notwithstanding the same having
indigenous contours, is put at the door of Pakistan, Pak Spokesperson
has added. In fact NSA has only weakened India's position by giving an
ambiguous statement that while India has good evidence of Pak
involvement in Mumbai blasts, we have no clinching evidence in this
regard. This provides Pakistan an escape route and gives that country
the benefit of doubt in the matter. In the second and closely related
development the Indian Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee has accused
that Pakistan agency ISI is making efforts to maintain and nourish spy
rings in the Indian armed Forces, which is a matter of serious
concerned. Mukherjee was commenting on the busting of two spy networks
in Delhi in which two army men have been arrested on charges of
handing over secret information, about the location of our armed
forces to Pakistan. The two recently busted spy rings are interlinked
and have links in Jammu and Kashmir, New Delhi and Kathmandu and there
are ample reasons to believe that these are the handiworks of ISI of
Pakistan, who is trying to make inroads into the Indian defence forces
and trying to subvert the same. Under these circumstances how can the
joint mechanism to curb terrorism succeed is a million dollar
question. When there is so much of mutual distrust at the official
level between the two countries how can the bonhomie between the two
continue and friendship establish? While Pakistan continues to pursue
the double edged policy of keeping the pot boiling by abetting
terrorist strikes in India and harping on the tune of negotiations and
building of friendship, India's response has been confused and
equivocal. Contradictory statements are emanating from different
official agencies, which besides confusing the public opinion are also
weakening our resolve to deal with Pakistan by paying that country in
their own coin.
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