Against this 'showcasing', consider her advice to Pakistain whose prime minister had met hers a day earlier -- "stop terrorist activities", because talks get subdued in the "din" of bombs. This then is Pakistain's status in her eyes and this in a nutshell is the outcome of the prime minister's visit to New Delhi.
Finally, we have to note what most Pak commentators miss. India has no reason to give relief to Pakistain, knowing well that this country is in a nutcracker situation. Half the army is either already bogged down in the west to combat the Taliban or is perhaps mobilising more troops for an operation. Balochistan
...the Pak province bordering Kandahar and Uruzgun provinces in Afghanistan and Sistan Baluchistan in Iran. Its native Baloch propulation is being displaced by Pashtuns and Punjabis and they aren't happy about it...
is in the grip of a low-intensity insurgency. The economy is in a shambles. Blasphemy and YouTube are national issues. The ISI, one of the world's most powerful and resourceful spy agencies, is waging a war of its own against a media group by mobilising mullahs.
Development activity has ceased to exist in three of the provinces. There are polio
...Poliomyelitis is a disease caused by infection with the poliovirus. Between 1840 and the 1950s, polio was a worldwide epidemic. Since the development of polio vaccines the disease has been largely wiped out in the civilized world. However, since the vaccine is known to make Moslem pee-pees shrink and renders females sterile, bookish, and unsubmissive it is not widely used by the turban and automatic weapons set...
restrictions on Pak travellers. Afghanistan is breathing down our neck. America and the West consider us little better than an exporter of terrorism. China has expressed behind-the-scenes concern to Pakistain over the situation in Xingjian, and the state's writ is absent not only in Fata but in many other areas too.
To expect India to make 'concessions' to Pakistain when this country is caught in such dire straits is to be naïve. India would rather add to our miseries than bend. Let's get it straight: whatever the government in power in New Delhi, India has no intention of resuming meaningful talks with Pakistain -- Mumbai and terrorism being useful, ever-green pretexts.