Ceasefire Violations : Outcome of Pakistan’s Political Compulsions By Deepak Parvatiyar October 13, 2014 Peace and war are political decisions! When the guns are blazing, it does make sense to play politics as politicians are quite adept at whipping up passion and build up frenzy with their sonorous jingoism. This global trend is grimly more pronounced in the Indian subcontinent. The confrontation in Kashmir after weeks of destabilising anti-government protests in Pakistan may be interpreted as a diversionary tactic by a desperate Nawaz Sharif. Yet, in his desperation, he discounted the fact that cross border terrorism plays crucial role in Indo-Pak relations particularly since the Mumbai terrorist attack of November 2008. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has exposed Sharif’s misadventure to showcase India’s befitting reply to Pakistan’s advances particularly before the voters in Haryana and Maharashtra that go to Assembly polls on 15th October and where he is the BJP’
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