BY RAJEEV DESHPANDE , TNN
| UPDATED: MAY 04, 2017, 10.47 AM
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NEW DELHI: The beheadings of Indian soldiers on
the Line of Control in Jammu & Kashmir, while escalating India-Pakistan
tensions, once again serves to underline the Pakistan military's role as the
primary destabilising force in south Asia.
Pakistan army's action demonstrates the reach
and control of the deep state and how its reckless acts repeatedly imperil
peace in the region and tar Pakistan as an international terror junction.
Despite
its interventions spelling repeated setbacks for Pakistan, the army has been
single-mindedly motivated by its aim of hobbling its larger neighbour's
economic and political rise at all costs.
The strategic aims of the Pakistan army are not
limited to a territorial dispute with India over Jammu & Kashmir as it
looks to challenge India across several fronts as it sees economic clout
inevitably translating into a wider military gap between the two countries.
The
spike in tensions along the LoC are a useful means of deflating some of the
Modi government's feel good post BJP's wins in important assembly polls in
Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand and its success in legislating reforms like the
Goods and Services Tax.
The conflict reminds domestic opinion in India
and abroad that the country remains vulnerable to attacks in J&K even as
violent protests, fuelled by radical elements, thwarts attempts to hold
bye-elections in Kashmir.
Pakistan army has little to show for decades of conflict with
India despite sponsoring hundreds of terror incidents through its proxies.
India's political and cultural unity has grown, reinforced by a democratic
tradition that has struck deep roots despite a contested and often divisive
political system.
On the other hand, its policies of rearing
jihadi outfits in its backyard is now posing a serious internal challenge to
Pakistani society as operations like the ongoing Radd-ul-Fasad operation
demonstrate.
The latest anti-terror operation, however,
ignores anti-India groups like Jaish-e-Mohammad and Lashkar-e-Taiba, even as it
is clear that differentiating between terror outfits cannot benefit Pakistan in
the long run.
With PM Nawaz Sharif handicapped by a
court-ordered probe into his family's alleged connections with the Panama
accounts, the Pakistan army is calling the shots. The supreme court, often
known for its political actions, has even made sure that there are two army
representatives in the probe panel.
The Pakistan army chooses not to recognise the inherent dangers of provoking a
government that has already shown that it is not ready to buy the view that
Islamabad's nuclear weapons deter military reprisals. It might well run the
risk of believing its own propaganda and subjecting Pakistan to further
humiliation.
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