Singh calls for burying ‘ancient animosities’

No Long-Term Peace and relationship between India and Pakistan can be established until the Core Issues are resolved.
This gesture of friendship did not come out of Pure goodness of heart. India and Indian Media tried its best to Bully pakistan on the instructions of Britain and USA after 26/11 which was its own Brainshild with the help of CIA and MI5 to subdue Pakistan and to establish hegemony over its western Neighbor in exchange of beautiful dreams USA showed as Indian Presence in Afghanistan. India , on these guarantees, streamlined its Govt. agencies, civil society and Media and declared a information War on Pakistan which continued for almost two years until two things happened.
1. USA and NATO failed miserably to defeat Afghan Resistance fighters. Rather they suffered heavy casualities themselves for the last two years and decided to cut down their Military adventurism in Afghansitan Knowing they can never win this war.

Relationship between Pakistan and USA strained over couple of issues and Islamabad reduced its cooperation , partially due to dislikes about US Policy about Pakistan and partially due to People’s pressure . Result of which was tention between the two Allies and Pakistan’s refusal for further full Cooperation in War against Terror.

Above two outcomes had a direct impact on Indian direct investments in Afghanistan. Knowing that after troops reduction by USA / NATo in Afghanistan will result in very dangerous situation for Indian Pesonnel in this country and they would be the target of Afghan freedom fighters. In this context I see this Invitation of Manmohan singh to PM Gilani so that a friendlier Pakistan who was a worst foe til yesterday, may become a Lifeline for Indian Afghans Peronel and Investment. Because Hostile Afghans who fought US can only be friendly to Indians If Pakistan adopt a softer instance towards Indian presence in Afghanistan. But If Indians have the feeling of Grandeur that they can perform better than NATO and USA combined militarily, then be my guest and enter your troops there and see what is the outcome. Recommend

Assalam-o-Allaikum Warahmatullah.Don’t bury Kashmir because Indian leadership is always claiming Kashmir as India’s integral part and be careful that India may also declare Kashmir issue as an “ancient animosities”.Recommend

Fortunately, Singh has his army in his control but we haven’t. Recommend

as an Indian what is my fear is american going to put a permanent camp in Afganisthan because alreary american vice president Biden talked about this with Kazarai during his previous trip,by camping in Afganisthan they are not going alow any gas pipline towards east from afganisthan and make india energy starving nation and further put a pull stop in the indian economic growth. Till now the american have around 50,000 troops in Iraq.They said they will close everything after the gulf war but they dont. One more advantage for them is on west of Iran They have one on Iraq and on east one at afganisthan. Unfortunately Pakisthan check mated with this USA because on west side they have nuclear super power USA on west side and nuclear arch rival India on east. They are already doing drone attack on swat valley and they already killed lots of people and the nuclear power pakisthan army is blnking now. Because americans already start questioning the sovernity of pakisthan by way of drone attack.Recommend

Assalam-o-Allaikum Warahmatullah.
@Joni Italas.Not a negative thought for peace process’ destruction.This is reality because Kashmir is a disputed area then why it’s declared as an integral part of India every time by the Indian leaders especially after every peace talks’ meeting?Recommend

@ Asad : Sick mindRecommend

@ Asad
I am an Indian and I agree that there will never be peace between these two countries FULLY.
We are different and we want different things and we say different things.
So we just need to try and avoid getting into each other’s way as best as we can.
And yes Kashmir is an integral part of India.Recommend

@ Asad

we dont need to put our army in Pakistan…your own army is doing great job devastating pakistan to its core…..

here in India, we couldnt care less……who the hell has any interest in peace process with pakistan and if you dream of kashmir as paki state or independent country, keep on dreaming for rest of your life…Recommend

Fascinating – identical down to the DNA except for religion – but adamant that your completely different. Would be amusing if it were not so tragic. Recommend

our indo afgan relation is tribute to Bachaa khan and his red shirt movementRecommend

@ Asad Durrani @pl/sql !! its people like u who have brought us to this stage… the sub continent had all the potential to become a super power.. area, population n resources.. but western interest do not want us to be that, that is the reason they have left us with Kashmir like issues to fight for ever… why was Kashmir left disputed at the time of partition… a preplanned game, so that we keep fighting for the days to come. Both of us buy weapons from western countries and they keep earning from it. Move on Guys !! The day we stop fighting both of us will have ample resources to bring our countries on the top and this is what the out siders do not want… Its high time now, we need to think positively for our nation and generations to come !! Recommend

@Asad Durrani. Honestly speaking, I am way more scared of sick mind-sets and frustrated souls like you than India or Indians.Recommend

Sumair Ahmed Khan; very well said it has always been the poicy of some nations US, UK and China in particular to drive the wedge between Pakistan and India as deep as possible by posing as our friends or benefactors for their own long term benefits. We are very emotional people can be be quite easily exploited in the name of faith, ethinicity and umpteen other things which play no role in nation building. It is hightime we join hands with our brothers and sisters across the radcliffe line and realize our true potential and what we are capable of, we have been exploited for too long.Recommend

@Sumair Ahmed Khan: ” …. but western interest do not want us to be that, that is the reason they have left us with Kashmir like issues to fight for ever… why was Kashmir left disputed at the time of partition… a preplanned game, so that we keep fighting for the days to come. …. ”

It is wrong to blame the British for the Kashmir problem. As part of the deal, they had given the option to all princely states to join either India or Pakistan. It was not for them to decide Kashmirs fate.

It was Jinnah’s shortsighted plan to annex Kashmir by force is the root cause of all the militancy, terrorism, etc.

So, if China, USA, UK is playing games in South Asia – whose fault is it ? Recommend

It is very easy to label every thing as conspiracy theory but years later we learn how world powers have used self inflicted wounds to make wars. It would be naive to believe that west is doing all this to bring democracies and to improve living conditions of Afghanis and Iraqis if these were the goals then who is more deserving of this help than suffering and dyeing of millions of people of famine and AID yet their plight falls on deaf ears of the west. Today the world is a global village and it is in the hands of corporate feudalism and owning the entire world’s resources is the ultimate goal and biggest and strongest corporations are the military Industrial complex and all these wars and terrorism are tools to achieve their goals. All lobbyist and politicians are in their pockets and Religion and nationalism are the tools used by politicians to divide people and make wars otherwise historically people of all faith and color have shown if left alone they can live in peace with each other because every human has a common goal and that is to provide shelter and food and education for their families. Recommend

We must and have to move forward. Stone Age politics won’t work. It is time to build connections. People to people contacts at all levels can play major role.Recommend

@Sumair Ahmed Khan: ” … we are the ones at fault and we should correct ourselves towards a better path….I don’t blame any conspiracy theory or any other nation for our woes.. I blame ourselves for wht v r today !! … ”

I am not quite sure who you refer to when you say “we” – is “we” people of Pakistan or is “we” India and Pakistan ?

As far as my information goes, the US is in Afghanistan, TODAY indirectly, because of the Afghan war involving the USSR and USA/Pakistan/others. So, India did not get them into the neighbourhood.

Pakistan started the honeymoon with China, not India, by ceding parts of Kashmir. Pakistan is allowing China to build access routes through Baluchistan.

So, my guess is when you say “we”, you mean the people of Pakistan. Recommend

@Abdul Rahman Khan: ” … Multan is ruiling 1.25 billion people of india and pakistan. Both Mr Manmohan Singh and Mr Yousuf Raza Gilani hail from Multan which is land of sufis who preached love and peace through their poetries. ”

Mr Khan, you may be aware that the name Multan is a derivation of its original Sanskrit name Mulasthana (मूलस्थान) named after a sun temple.

I’d say your PM is from Multan, but our Honourable PM’s ethos dates back to the Multan was called Mulasthana. You can see the difference between the two.

Peace. Recommend

Vicram Singh Jee a lot of things had happened around the time of partition some were right and many were wrong but now the time has come to bury that past once for all and move on to carve a better future for the millions of our people on both sides of the border. It is the easiest thing in the world is to start a fight but to make an everlasting peace is always the most challenging and difficult but once accomplished its benefits know no limit. We not only have the capacity and endurance but above all a common legacy to usher in that bright morning we have been searching for since the last sixty four years.Recommend

Let us bury ancient animosities.

Let us start with the new animosities like Dawood Ibrahim; 26/11 attacks; Kargil war.Recommend

@COL. PROHIT ALIAS SAMJHOTA EXPRESS: Another paranoid Pakistani – afraid of his own shadow – sees RAW, RSS everywhere. Recommend

Col. Prohit Sir, you may claim to have sharp eyes but your words reveal something quite different to me, a case of myopia and paranoia. I am who I am, telling the truth and seeing the things in a much wider perspective does not make me a Non Pakistani or for that matter an Indian mine is real name given at birth, I do not believe in hiding behind a false identity only fakes do that. I do not know anything about you other than what has been disclosed about you by your comments, believe me it is the people like you who, always beating aloud the drum of false patriotism, are actually the very cause of our plight. Brother you may not be aware of it but we are in a Gutter. Who knows; if we shall ever have a chance to interact again but before parting I wish to say one thing which applies equally to my friends from India, ” at the end of the day if we want to improve our lot and touch the heights we are capable of we need above and before everything else to establish a permanent peace between the us, there is nothing that cannot be resolved with faith and sincerity of purpose” this does not mean to undo the partition or surrendering of our sovereignty but only as equal partners.Recommend

somebody needs to read history abt mughals..can anyone talk abt aurangzeb,,,,he had infact collecting the religious taxes from hindus alone…but thats past…we need to talk about life now…we cannot undo what has happenned some 2000 yrs ago…we should mend our ways( both the countries) and become global powersRecommend

@Akbar Ali: Your hate for non Muslims is reflected in your post. India has so many monuments named after Shaheed Bhagat Singh including a college in New Delhi. Indians and Sikhs have learned from history and have forgotten the black scars of post independence including 1984. The difference of Indian and Pakistani secularism is visible. When Pakistan had its first Sikh commissioned officer Lt Harcharan Singh, India’s Chief of Army Staff was a Sikh General J.J. Singh. I truly feel sorry for Pakistan that educated elite like yourself is full of hate towards secular ideas. May Allah bless you and my neighboring country I loved and adored the most while growing up in Amritsar.Recommend