India blaming Pakistan for the current turmoil in Kashmir is nothing new. Since the outbreak of militancy over two decades back India has been hammering the same point and the response has been negative from across the border. Lashkar-e-Taiba founder Hafiz Mohammad Saeed provokes India that ‘Wani’s death will fuel jihad in Kashmir’, Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif expressed support for Wani. By all these can we assume that Pakistan has no share in Kashmir militancy? Can a Kashmiri terrorist leader hiding in Pakistan issue a threatening statement without the consent and approval of Pakistani masters? In all these years of turmoil no one can doubt the unyielding commitment of the security forces to maintain law and order in the face of extreme odds. The casualties they suffered in all these years in the face of duty command respect. It is high time India should refocus its policy towards Kashmir and Pakistan. A proactive policy which has longtime impact to address the issue with a new perspective would surely get better dividends. India’s policy towards these issues were never result oriented whether it was Pervez Musharraf visiting India and snubbing India’s directives on press briefing ahead of the famous Agra summit during the Prime Ministership of Atal Behari Vajpayee or Prime Minister Narendra Modi meeting Nawaz Sharif in Ufa and later on Modi visiting Pakistan and having tea with Sharif have not produced the desired results except some good ops and publicity rather the situation has worsened further today. What an irony governments ‘restrain’ policy has made the State Police a law enforcing agency receiver of brick bats. This could be one of the reason when PDP came in power with BJP in coalition has been stressing for reducing army, paramilitary role in counter insurgency and removal of security bunkers. Both State and Union Governments will have to work out a solution to bring normalcy to Kashmir at the earliest. It is time to act and not to involve in blame game or appealing for peace.
