Many people in India today are upset over PM Modi’s perceived pullback on an all-out attack on Pakistan after having successfully degraded if not destroyed its inland terror infrastructure.
They are further infuriated that Modi was upstaged by Donald Trump in the declaration of ceasefire between Pakistan and India . “Trump claims he stopped war between India and Pakistan and Modi has no guts to refute it strongly if what Trump said was not true!”.
My counter question to them is this:
Why should Modi do it ?
From India’s point of view, it will pay to simply pander to Trump’s egotism… make him feel deluded about his megalomaniac self-image as a great world leader who keeps the world peace ….
To keep Trump onside and humoured is IMHO good clever policy for India for the next 4 years when India can try and wring out several strategic benefits from America : trade deal, tariff concessions, technology transfer, bulwark against Chinese dominance, diplomatic support … to name only a few …
So, please let’s give credit where it is due … PM Modi knows how to play the long game . He doesn’t let street-level jingoism dictate policy making.
But Modi-haters and baiters still will not concede to him good judgment and foresight. Modi for them can do nothing right …
So they now are screaming :
“When IMF gave that huge loan to Pakistan and no member of IMF protested including his Rafael bosom pal he got scared that’s true.”
No one knows really what happened within the IMF but Modi baiters are quick to jump to uncharitable and presumptuous conclusions.
In my own view this is perhaps what might have happened at IMF . I could be wrong or I could be dead right … who knows ?
That IMF loan was really Pakistan’s lifeline … to save it from sinking into default and bankruptcy … If the loan had been rejected , the miltary lunatics of Rawalpindi Army HQ would’ve have still further got the upper hand over Pakistan civilian government. Lunatics in desperation with their fingers on the Pakistan nuclear button might have done anything unpredictable .
India IMHO wisely abstained at the IMF on the vote for loan to Pakistan … Further, it was a loan that had already been initiated and processed under the regime of the India-hater Joe Biden ; Trump has least leverage to do otherwise and upturn the loan approval .
Again the anti-Modi arguement goes like this : Really it is difficult to argue with one who says that Pakistan would have used nuclear weapons if it had not been given a loan by the IMF! That’s ridiculous!”
The harsh undeniable reality is that India has a rogue state as a neighbour in Pakistan . We can’t try mindless heroics with a homicidal maniac. All I’m saying is that the IMF loan carried a condition … either Pakistan agrees to cease fire , or it gets no loan … If the loan had not gone through , the civilian govt . would’ve likely gone too. The new Army General Syed Asim Munir Ahmed Shah, a certifiable madman, would’ve been sorely tempted to stage a coup and seize power … . Anything could’ve happened thereafter . … including a tactical threat of a nuclear confrontation that would have immediately brought the big boys , the big powers like America and China into the game .
PM Modi wisely averted all that …knowing fully well how the law of unforeseen consequences works in such fraught situations .
The Modi critics however will simply not stop ridiculing the possibility of a nuclear confrontation: “Everywhere in the world it’s a standard rule that only the civilian head of a nuclear nation that has its finger on the nuclear button. Not the military. Why should Pakistan be any different? , they argue . And if as an exception in Pakistan military had its hands on the nuclear button, notwithstanding the truce that was announced, Army HQ could have gone ahead and used it any way , couldn’t it?”
The answer is simple : Pakistan is unique. The civilian rule in Pakistan is for appearances only. It’s a charade. It will not be incredulous to say that in succeeding in getting the IMF loan did enable the Pakistan civilian govt. to stave off a possible military coup …
If anyone in the world wants to know what kind of civilian rule is there in Pakistan, all they have to do is to ask a serious question on any Internet search engine :
Since 1947, how many Prime Ministers have India and Pakistan had ruling the country ?
They will be aghast by the answer the A.I. engine will throw up !!
Here below ⬇️ is what I got !
India has had 14 Prime Ministers since 1947, including:
– *Jawaharlal Nehru* (1947-1964)
– *Gulzarilal Nanda* (acting, 1964 and 1966)
– *Lal Bahadur Shastri* (1964-1966)
– *Indira Gandhi* (1966-1977 and 1980-1984)
– *Morarji Desai* (1977-1979)
– *Charan Singh* (1979-1980)
– *Rajiv Gandhi* (1984-1989)
– *Vishwanath Pratap Singh* (1989-1990)
– *Chandra Shekhar* (1990-1991)
– *P. V. Narasimha Rao* (1991-1996)
– *Atal Bihari Vajpayee* (1996 and 1998-2004)
– *H. D. Deve Gowda* (1996-1997)
– *Inder Kumar Gujral* (1997-1998)
– *Manmohan Singh* (2004-2014)
– *Narendra Modi* (2014-present)
Pakistan’s number of Prime Ministers is not explicitly stated in the search results, but some notable ones include:
– *Nurul Amin* had the shortest term of 13 days
– *Yusuf Raza Gilani* had the longest consecutive term of 4 years and 86 days
– *Nawaz Sharif* has been the longest-serving prime minister for a non-consecutive term, serving approximately 9 years and 215 days
To provide an exact number for Pakistan’s Prime Ministers, further research would be required.
The answer above I got floored me into disbelief that I was forced to ask Meta again:
Why doesn’t Pakistan government itself have such information ?
And pat came back the answer :
The Pakistani government might not have a centralized, easily accessible record of all its Prime Ministers and their terms due to various reasons, including:
– *Lack of Official Records*: In some cases, official records might be incomplete, outdated, or not readily available.
– *Political Instability*: Pakistan has experienced frequent changes in government, military coups, and political upheavals, which can lead to gaps in record-keeping and documentation.
– *Bureaucratic Inefficiencies*: Government records might be scattered across different departments or archives, making it challenging to compile accurate information.
– *Limited Transparency*: Government information might not always be readily available to the public or even within the government itself due to various reasons, including security concerns or lack of transparency.
As a result, accurate information about Pakistan’s Prime Ministers and their terms might require cross-verification from multiple sources, including historical records, news archives, and academic research.
Can anyone not be shocked and frightened by the facts above ?!!! A country calling itself a democratic Islamic Republic doesn’t know how many elected Prime Ministers ruled it in the last 75 years !!
Pakistan is not a nation. For India , it is really the “Wild West”… Badlands where really bad things can happen !
So, please , my countrymen, let’s not criticise our own Prime Ministers for showing caution , even over-caution in dealing with this infernal ghetto of insane, criminals that calls itself a neighbour of ours and “a responsible nation” too !
Sudarshan Madabushi