Arundahti Roys "Seditious" speech on Kashmir!

[KashifRathore786]

Re: Arundahti Roys “Seditious” speech on Kashmir!

@pak-one

Here, I am going to write as a Pakistani.

IF you agree with most of what I said, I am not sure how you can make our economy vibrant and “convince” Kashmiris to join Pakistan?

• Our economy cannot be vibrant until military spending is reallocated and these terrorist attacks both within Pakistan and in India stop.
  We desperately need FDI and for our government to invest in Pakistan’s faltering infrastructure. Our youngsters need jobs. Our capitalists need to be plugged into the global economy.

• There is no way that “smaller” issues such Sir Creek, Siachin, and Jinnah House can be solved with India, until we resove the black cloud (Kashmir) that is hanging over our heads. All roads lead to Kashmir. Having bitten the bullet and BOTH sides accepted defeat, these smaller issues would be solved in a much more amicable manner.

• “Throw away Kashmir for Pennies” I think that your quote is indicative of the mindset of many Pakistanis (not criticizing it, just stating the fact). The problem of using Kashmir as a bargaining chip has forced us to engage Afghanistan to ensure strategic depth, it has compelled us to support unsavory Islamist and terrorist outfits - these actions have tarnished our reputation in the whole world as terrorist sympathizes and damaged our credibility in any diplomatic negotiations.

• This brings up the terror attacks in Mumbai. How could you not expect India to suspend the diplomatic talks. Let’s be honest here: We’re lucky that there wasn’t a full scale war. We can not expect India to sincerely engage us in consequential talks on Sir Creek, Siachin or elsewhere - when they still face the threat of Pakistan based terrorism.

A bold move needs to be made. Lets step aside from the plebiscite demand and engage India in track II diplomacy to cede Kashmir and make it a fully independent, demilitarized zone. Let’s make this matter a game changer for our relations with India.

I want Quaid-e-Azam’s Pakistan - a vibrant, and economically powerful, Muslim country which is the beacon of hope for the Ummah.

I am disappointed as a Pakistani to read that. India staged the whole 6-day event- it is very well KNOWN. There was no Kasab’s family in Punjab, Pakistan. Indians are very crafty at doing something like that. Very. In 1947, Quaid wanted entire Punjab and Kashmir to be part of Pakistan with Hindus and Sikhs leaving and settling in other parts of India like UP, Bihar but that never happened. I have seen pictures of the so called “terrorists”(some pics Indians published after they were killed in fake encounter) and none of them look even 1% Pakistani (to be from Sarhad and/or Punjab). They all had South Asian features, not Central Asian.
India must leave Kashmir immediately and hold an independent election there.