SHAFAQNA PAKISTAN (Shia News Agency)
Both Pakistan and India can resolve all their pending issues; what they need is political will, which is lacking, especially on India’s part. If we talk about the Pakistani civilian leadership, they want normalisation of relations with India. For instance, it was an unusual step by PM Nawaz Sharif to go to PM Modi’s oath taking ceremony and give him gifts. But afterwards, India cancelled the secretary level talks and an escalation of hostilities was seen on the Line of Control (LoC).
India’s PM Narendra Modi has appeared to be a strong premier compared to former PM Dr Manmohan Singh and can take strong decisions. Even if Arvind Kejriwal has won the elections in Delhi, PM Modi still enjoys a majorityin parliament. He can even take decisions singlehandedly, and he should. PM Modi should stop the Indian army from carrying out LoC and Working Boundary (WB) violations, which are underway and have been so since October last year, with another escalation being seen currently.
The civilian leaderships of both countries will have to take a decision if they want a peaceful solution of Kashmir. All other issues including Siachin and Sir Creek are negotiable.
pakistan.shafaqna.com
