Re: Nawaz urges nation to stop treating India as ‘biggest enemy’
The by-product of that would be economic improvement in Pakistan as there will lot of other legitimate deals which would have improved the economy. It’s better than taking money from Uncle Sam and sending it to Swiss Bank and at the same time pissing off the fundu even more.
I said this before and will say it again; he (along with AB Vajpayee) was well on his way to take Indo-Pak to a new level, when Kargil happened. I suspect China’s role in Kargil, the least they encouraged Mushy to get on with this foolish plan. The fact, he was in China at that time smells fishy. The only country that stands to lose with a friendly India-Pakistan situation is CHINA.
Given the geography and cultural similarities between India and Pakistan, trade between the two would any day trump trade between Pakistan and China. Trade with India would be beneficial in the long run.
If he is serious about his regret on not putting the army in its place, then he should be given another opportunity at the Federal govt. Now that the army is seems to on back foot when dealing with civilian government, he can establish a democracy once in for all where army is subservient to civilian government.