Published in Dawn on October 12, 2025
WITH the
Bihar elections in India due soon, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his
henchmen are likely to do their best to blame Pakistan for all their failures.
They want their people to believe that Pakistan is responsible for all their
problems, including the fact that 40 per cent Indians are living below the
poverty line, and many children have died after consuming contaminated cough
syrups.
I suggest
that instead of responding to any threats hurled by Indians, we should stay
calm and not respond in kind. The best thing to do, of course, is to pretend
that India does not exist, but since that is not possible, we should find an
alternative way.
We could,
for instance, point out that India could solve most of its problems by reducing
its defence budget by half, and spend the money saved to feed its hungry
masses. We could suggest that India would be better off buying fighter jets and
missiles manufactured in Pakistan instead of France. Of course, the Indian
government would not respond, but at least our offer would go some way towards
convincing ordinary Indians not to fall for Pakistan-bashing.
Shakir
Lakhani
Karachi
https://www.dawn.com/news/1948353/a-different-approach
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