Declare Pakistan A Terrorist State!

As tension mounts in the sub-continent, opinions are divided about whether a full-scale war should be fought between India and Pakistan, and whether such a war would solve the problems between the two neighbours. The government has started its review of the Indus Water Treaty and made a surgical strike against terror camps. Tehelka takes stock of the situation...

- Colonel DS Cheema (Retd.)

Enough is enough: World must declare Pakistan a terrorist state

A Pakistan steeped in poverty and desperation cannot be in India’s interest, says Colonel DS Cheema (retD). Nor will any knee-jerk reaction to the latest provocation in Uri.

Pakistan has been using terror groups as militant proxies against India ever since it came into existence. It has also been linked to many terror attacks in many parts of the world. It channels billions of dollars for training and deploying terrorists against India. Recent terror attacks planned and executed by Pakistan have once again shattered the possibility of peace with our neighbour. This year, after Pathankot, Uri is the latest and the common man is fed up with government’s assurances, time and again, that it will take effective action to arrest such dastardly acts by Pakistan. The mood of the nation is such that India has no option but to punish Pakistan.

However, it is unfortunate that the man in the street, unaware of the complexities involved, thinks that State as an institution has been reduced to the level of fire brigade, which is professionally incompetent, but has to resort to fire-fighting operations with sickening monotony. The whole world (with the exception of powers which are concerned only with their expansionist approach) knows fully well that aim of Pakistan’s low intensity conflict is to slowly but surely bleed “Hindu India” to death even though it has no case in Kashmir.