Zubair Qureshi
Former Director General of the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) Lt Gen (R) Muhammad Asad Durrani said on Saturday there would be no major paradigm shift in the Indian mindset.
While speaking at a webinar the former ISI Chief said the Hindutva mindset would continue and there will be no improvement in the Illegally Indian Occupied Jammu & Kashmir (IIOJ&K).
Terming it a respite for India, Gen Durrani said it would turn to be a temporary ceasefire for some strategic gains that we have no idea about.
The webinar was organized by the Development Communications Network (Devcom-Pakistan).
The panel of experts included Chairman Senate Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs Senator Mushahid Hussain Sayed, Lt General (R) Talat Masood, and Lt General (R) Muhammad Asad Durrani, Washington-based senior journalist Anwar Iqbal and Devcom-Pakistan Executive Director Munir Ahmed.
They termed the Indian willingness to restore ceasefire along the Line of Control (LOC) with Pakistan merely eyewash.
Though we welcome the Indian peace gesture yet we think the move is only to get ‘a breathing space for their strategic gain’ and to divert the world attention from the actual situation in the Illegally Indian Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK).
They said the agreement was inked in 2003 that was revoked by the Indian government unilaterally in 2014 to intensify atrocities in the IIOJK.
Senator Mushahid Hussain Sayed said the ceasefire was the first step and while appreciating it Pakistan shall ask the Indian government to show their seriousness by restoring the IIOJ&K position as it was on August 4, 2019.
All the Kashmiri leaders shall be released from the illegal detention and the occupation of their lands shall be reversed.
He asked India to realize that its Pakistan bashing strategy has failed miserably.
All the nations globally have seen the real Indian face after all the fake makeup initiatives have surfaced recently.
For India’s face saving, the Prime Minister Modi shall come forward to convene SAARC summit to engage all the countries in peace building efforts, and to launch joint efforts against the challenges of poverty, economic recession, trade and climate change.
Lt General (R) Talaat Masood prayed that the ceasefire shall last for long though he pointed out that India could not stop itself for long violating the LOC.
Devcom-Pakistan Executive Director Munir Ahmed said both countries were multi-ethnic nations and needed to work out a way for the harmony and peaceful neighbourhood through tolerance for each other.
