By: Shahzada Ahsan Ashraf
US was not intervening when India was firing missiles on Pakistani civilians just 3 days ago. US has not intervened in Israel-Gaza conflict. The ceasefire is a ploy. India will try to buy time, reassemble military strength and come up with some new nefarious plans and conspiracy.
The present military success of Pakistan provided good chance to further decimate India in IOK, which should have been capitalised much earlier. We have already lost a golden opportunity in 1962 when Indian military totally withdrew from IOK, overwhelmed by the massive Chinese attack. The US stopped Pakistan from occupying the IOK back then.
Many Western countries and Indian leaders are completely deceptive, unreliable, and treacherous. Pakistan can never succeed through mediation or at the negotiating table because no country truly supports it.
I am not surprised that Saudis, Emiratis, Qataris and other Sheikh rulers didn’t utter a word of support for Pakistan in the current conflict. Pakistan can expect some limited diplomatic support from Iran and Turkey.
Pakistan leadership must be very careful with the USA role in sudden Ceasefire. It might be to give space to India to regroup and strike. USA did this with Egypt when Israel Forces were on the brink of collapse. The Ceasefire enabled Israel to regroup, strike, and defeat Egyptian forces.
(The writer is a Former Chairman and Managing Director PIA, Former Federal Minister of industries and production)
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