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While India’s long-maintained policy of dilly-dallying on talks with Pakistan needs no evidences, history is witness to Pakistan always stepping out first, in search of peace with India. Who could forget General (retd) Ziaul Haq springing up a surprise by flying to New Delhi on the pretext of watching a Test match between Pakistan and India in Jaipur in February 1987 at a time when the Indian troops massed along the Pakistani border. A vivid reminder of Pakistan’s wish for peace is Gen (retd) Pervez Musharraf’s sudden handshake with former Indian PM Atal Behri Vajpayee during a Saarc summit in Kathmandu in January 2002, meant to convey to him Pakistan’s openness for talks despite India’s last-moment recoil at the Agra Summit.
PM Imran’s persistence on calling upon New Delhi to come to the dialogue table despite its clear disinterest in talks may be a subject of criticism for the opposition, but his pursuit for peace with India, in particular, does go in line with his vision for a welfare state. And to realise this vision of progress and prosperity, peace is a must.
Published in The Express Tribune, April 11th, 2019.
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