Wednesday, February 18, 2009

The Pakistani roulette

Exasperated with Pakistan, India continues at strands of international diplomacy to get at the perpetrators of the November 2008 Mumbai slaughter – at least for now. Because the Mumbai massacre is turning out to be just another diplomatic and political gig which is in imminent danger of being relegated to the back pages if Pranab Mukerjeesome forward moment on the subject is not undertaken.

Some movement, has taken place, only its direction remains unclear. By expressing that an internal investigation by Pakistan of the list of terrorists given by him was good enough for India, Foreign Minister, Pranab Mukerjee, presided over the great Indian comedown. Pakistan too responded, finally agreeing after full throated denials that the movement of the Mumbai butchers could be traced to Pakistan as there were "interesting leads”.

Pakistan’s final report could come later, the Indian High Commissioner in Pakistan, Satyabarata Pal, told Pakistan's Interior Ministry Adviser Rehman Malik. This was the first top-level contact between the two countries since India had demanded the extradition of the suspects who killed over 170 people in November 2008.....Continue