Pakistan News And Discussion-10

[Naresh]

<b>Ravish Ji :</b>

It is a fact of life that the Indian Government is bending backwards and granting more and more concessions to Pakistan without any reciprocation from Pakistan.

Examples are :

1. MFN Status Granted to Pakistan by India over 15 Years ago – India can safely stop the MFN Status.

2. India granting 120,000 Visas annually to Pakistanis to visit India (10,000 Monthly) whereas Pakistan limits Indians to 12,000 Visas annually to visit Pakistan (1,000 Monthly). Pakistan has been rejecting Visa applications even by Muslim Intellectuals to visit Pakistan – India should reduce the Number of Visas granted to Pakistanis.

3. India granting more and more Visas freely which I am sure are also used by a number of Pakistani Terrorists to enter India and perpetrate their Terrorist Acts – India can put in stricter Controls to ensure the Pakistani visitors being genuine visitors and not Terrorists i.e. checking on their Indian Sponsors and Relatives being visited.

4. All Pakistanis should by “Railway” Tickets at a “Railway” Counter in the Indian Diplomatic Mission or an I R Office in Islamabad. This will then ensure that the Indian Government and Security Agencies are aware of the whereabouts of the Pakistani Visitors.

5. A small point – micro indeed – is the Jinnah’s Residence in Mumbai where the Indian Government is again bending backwards and indeed our Foreign Secretary is labelling Jinnah as a “Citizen of the Indian Sub-Continent”. Does the Pakistani Government respect any Property owned by Hindus-Sikhs-Jains who were forced to flee from Pakistan? No!

This India must stop treating Pakistan with Kid Gloves and ensure that it stops the Cross Border Terrorism with a reasonable period failing which all CBMs will be withdrawn.

Why is it that the Indian Government has to agree to all Pakistani Wishes, Demands etc. without any <b>Equally Reciprocating Response</b> from Pakistan?

Please note that I for one do believe in Live and Let Live but I cannot appreciate the Indian Authorities – Political as well as Bureaucratic – bending backwards and then being taken for a ride by Pakistan.

I trust you remember Pakistani Foreign Minsiter Kasuri's response to the Indian CBM of a "Cross-Border Bus Service in Kashmir". It was "Is the Indian Government providing this Cross Border Bus Service so that Pakistani Terrorists can find an easier and convenient way to enter India?" (Not exact words)

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