Pakistan-India stalemate

Towards the end of their official tenure, often people tend to say things which they have been opposing while in office. Conversely, such statements also indicate that the incumbent would soon leave office. Three such statements are quite interesting.
First, Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao has articulated some promising things about the Indo-Pak relations. She said: “Perhaps, it was wrong on India’s part to stop talking to Pakistan after the 2008 Mumbai attack.” And that “Pakistan’s attitude had changed towards terrorism and, therefore, there were better prospects for an India-Pakistan normalisation.”
Second, Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh has expressed the hope that Pakistan will “leave Kashmir alone”, as it has its own share of internal problems to deal with! The PM went on to add that “Pakistan hasn’t done enough on the terror front.”
Third, Dr Singh made derogatory remarks about Bangladesh by stating that about 25 percent of its population is under ISI’s influence; it invoked negative reactions in Bangladesh. So the Indian Foreign Minister had to rush to Bangladesh to save the forthcoming India-Bangladesh summit. Nevertheless, Dr Singh’s tribute to ISI will certainly improve its rating, which is at its lowest after Operation Geronimo! These remarks, however, indicate that ‘Singh is King’, who has, probably, been asked to pave the way for young Rahul Gandhi.
Through such statement, India imitates American behaviour. For example, Dr Singh’s statement on Kashmir indicates India’s perception that under the current environment Pakistan cannot do much to change its position on Kashmir. The Indian administration believes that Pakistan has been made too weak, internally and externally, to stand in front of India; and that internal disorder would compel it to focus inward, for quite some time, to avoid an implosion.
Indeed, India has played a major role in bringing Pakistan to the current situation of domestic instability, as it is employing its spy networks to destabilise FATA and Balochistan. This behaviour surely indicates New Delhi’s opportunist approach towards Islamabad that is aimed to derail the ongoing peace process whenever required.
For Pakistan and the Kashmiri people, the settlement of the dispute is an immediate concern. Indeed, it is the only core issue between India and Pakistan. But India does not seek the resolution of the dispute, according to the wishes of Kashmiri people, as enunciated in several UN resolutions. The leadership in New Delhi assumes that, in such a setting, it would lose the occupied territory. Therefore, buying time and supporting a ‘freeze’ suits them