April 9, 2016

US Should Drastically Change Its Policy Toward The Delusionary Pakistan - Husain Haqqani


An excerpt from, "Impossible to achieve uninterrupted talks with Pakistan: Shashi Tharoor" The Indian Express, March 18, 2016:
The former minister also said that whenever India has tried to make peace, that has been reciprocated with an attack. “There is nothing we want from Pakistan but peace,” Tharoor said, adding that they seem to want Kashmir and they will continue to do so.

Tharoor noted that the core issue with Pakistan is not Kashmir but the nature of the Pakistan state. Paraphrasing Voltaire, he said that Pakistan army has a state, not otherwise. “You join the army to run the country,” he added.

He went on to say that the military is involved in everything in Pakistan – from petrol pumps, exports, real estate, think tanks and imports to universities- Pakistani army has the highest portion in the country’s GDP in the world. “This is justified by conflicts on borders,” said the Congress MP.
Title: US Should Drastically Change Its Policy Toward The Delusionary Pakistan - Husain Haqqani. Source: DLX Area 1. Date Published: December 16, 2015. Description: 
Former Pakistani Ambassador to US, Mr. Husain Haqqani urges US to drastically change its policy toward Pakistan to bring it out of its delusional quest for parity with India in this "Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade of the US House Committee on Foreign Affairs" hearing held on December 8, 2015 about "Civil Nuclear Cooperation with Pakistan: Prospects and Consequences". Full Link - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZqRsj...