Why Pakistan is Living in the Past? And Still Not Learning from the Past!
First Published on My Medium Blog Why Pakistan is Living in the Past? | by Anu maheshwari | Feb, 2025 | Medium
The govt of Pakistan is celebrating shooting down of Indian fighter jet in Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (POK), 2019.
Why?
It is as if their administration has run out of things to celebrate.
No achievements, no success stories, no reason to celebrate for the entire country!
Last time they came together to celebrate something was their 2024 Olympic triumph in javelin throw inching ahead of India at second place.
Why does this country applaud guns, terrorism and religious extremism and not try to alleviate the condition of their citizens first. Are they so out of options that the only way to deflect the citizens from protesting their plight is to pick up a fight against their neighbour???
They are living on foreign aid and still buy guns and ammo to fight against a country which has never been an aggressor ever! India has never lifted a finger against Pakistan other than defending its own border and rampant acts of terror in Kashmir and even its metros by foreign mercenaries or jihadis trained in POK.
India didn’t even fight to get back the occupied territories in Kashmir because it valued the life of its own citizens first. India had all the reasons to go into POK and get it back. But at what cost? Our soldiers are motivated and trained for any eventualities, but our democratic government and citizens would never agree to put them through it in the first place.
“Who wishes to fight must first count the cost” The Art of War, Sun Tzu.
Pakistan Prime Minister has now decided to change his name if they don’t surpass India in economy and development. Seriously, he must be bored of his own name or perhaps too embarrassed of himself. Is he preparing to change his name and flee the country already like his predecessors? Perhaps he sniffed another military coup on the horizon. Is he so scared and afraid for his own survival that he relies on hate to fuel his ride to electoral victory?
And why defeat India? Why can’t you first stand on your own feet? For a few fist bumps and ill-driven electoral gains, you admit that your entire life agenda is based on revenge! It is pathetic! Compassion and love for your own countrymen and their well-being clearly don’t motivate you enough.
The only Pakistani man in power who had partly ditched this narrative around revenge and hatred against India and who batted for peace and sustainable relations was Mr. Imran Khan, a former international cricketer, and who is now behind bars under numerous baloney charges. The Pakistan army couldn’t digest his words of peace and decided to install a puppet in place once again.
To reach any level of development, one has to put some planning into action. One can’t lease entire province to another country (China in Gwadar and POK) in the name of economic development? Why would China develop Pakistan and help them? They are clearly there to secure their own economic and territorial expansion.
Creation of jobs? Many news reports from the area suggest that local people are not even allowed on their own land now. China is importing even the workers and officials for construction. China is not giving any grants (not even pretending) or running any charity missions in Pakistan or any other country. They invest and get the best out of other countries. Not that one can fault China for looking after themselves. The fault squarely lies on the heads of those in charge who sell their country in order to line their own pockets.
I have nothing but respect for my friends and people in Pakistan who have to survive all this. They are proud people who won’t speak against their country or perhaps can’t for the fear of censure and prosecution. I just hope their awaam/common people get fed up and rise together to bring about change in their system.
It has been more than 75 years since both India and Pakistan got their independence. Let us stop fueling this rhetoric of hatred and revenge to rile up the populace when all our people want is peace and opportunities to lead good life as neighbours. Focus on creating actual jobs instead of forcing your youth towards extremists’ camps and drugs with the lure of money and ‘jannat’. All the roads through the path of hatred and violence lead to hell.
India is moving ahead, and I wish the people in charge in Pakistan do the same.
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