Does India Seriously Need a Domestic Activity?

By Aasef Chauhdry

There is not an iota of doubt left about the Karachi incident of 13 May in which 45 innocent Pakistanis, belonging to Ismaili Sect, have been brutally killed, that it was the typical work of the notorious Indian intelligence agency RAW. At least 45 people were killed and 11 people were injured in an attack on a bus carrying members of Ismaili community near Safoora Chowrangi in Gulistan-e-Jauhar area of Karachi. According to the reports, 60 people were on board the bus when gunmen opened fire and killed 43 passengers on the spot, killing the bus driver first by using 9 mm pistols to carry out the attack. However, some sources claimed that the attackers used semi-machine guns (SMGs) also, in the attack. An eye-witness said at least a dozen men riding on three motorcycles opened indiscriminate fire on a bus, wounding several passengers. The attackers who were dressed as security guards managed to escape from the scene after the incident. The gunmen stopped the bus and first fired at it from outside then they entered inside the bus and open fire indiscriminately. After that they checked to see if anyone was left uninjured. The Indian agency RAW is in habit of raising her head on some other front when it’s snubbed on one front. This is happening since many decades. The Indian spy masters strongly believe in keeping Pakistan on edge, disturbed and busy with an aim to keep it disturbed and backward.

It’s a tricky game being played by the seasoned and clever Indian dirty masterminds who have an aim to prevent China and Pakistan from joining hands for a revolutionary economic corridor. The China–Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is a development megaproject which aims to connect Gwadar Port in southwestern Pakistan to China’s northwestern autonomous region of Xinjiang, via a network of highways, railways and pipelines to transport oil and gas. The economic corridor is considered central to China-Pakistan relations and will run about 3,000 km from Gwadar to Kashgar. Overall construction costs are estimated at $46 billion, with the entire project expected to be completed in several years. The Corridor is an extension of China’s proposed 21st century Silk Road Initiative. According to a Firstpost report, "this is the biggest overseas investment by China announced yet and the corridor is expected to be operational within three years and will be a strategic game changer in the region, which would go a long way in making Pakistan a richer and stronger entity than ever before."However, the Pakistani media and government called the investments a "game as well as a fate changer" for the region. According to The Guardian, "The Chinese are not just offering to build much-needed infrastructure but also make Pakistan a key partner in its grand economic and strategic ambitions." The project will also open trade routes for Western China and provide China direct access to the resource-rich Middle East region, bypassing longer logistical routes currently through the Strait of Malacca. During the State visit of Chinese president Xi Jinping to Pakistan in April 2015, he wrote in an open editorial that "This will be my first trip to Pakistan, but I feel as if I am going to visit the home of my own brother." During his visit, Islamabad was dotted with slogans and signboards such as "Pakistan-China friendship is higher than the mountains, deeper than the oceans, sweeter than honey, and stronger than steel."

It’s known to all and sundries that a couple of foreign spy agencies are quite active in various parts of Pakistan. Besides Indian RAW, Israeli Mossad and Afghan NDS, the Iranian, German, British MI and American CIA also are busy in different terror activities in Pakistan, directly or indirectly.  Pakistani agencies got details regarding involvement of some of these agencies in Karachi killings and Balochistan conflict. According to the Pakistani newspaper reports, Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) is playing leading role in Karachi Target Killings. Pakistani secret Agency has found clear evidence regarding the involvement of the Indian elements in terrorism activities in Karachi.

Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan also strongly condemned the attack and expressed grief over the murder of citizens. He has rightly doubted the performance of the provincial government pertaining to peace in the province. On the other hand, Chief of Army Staff General Raheel Sharif cancelled his visit to Sri Lanka and departed for Karachi following the attack on Ismaili community members in the city. According to the Director General Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Asim Bajwa’s tweet, the Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Raheel Sharif on Wednesday cancelled his pre-scheduled three-day visit to Sri Lanka in light of the attack in Karachi, while the sad side of the story is that when the news about the tragic incident was given to a very important government personality, his answer was, “Let’s see after the lunch”.

After this bloody killing, late night SSP Malir announced the arrest of two terror suspects, whom he claimed were members of Indian spy agency RAW (Research and Analysis Wing). The most shameful part of the story is that according to the SSP, the suspects; Tahir alias Lamba and Mama Junaid also belonged to the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) and had been sent to India for training in the past. His investigation revealed that the members of MQM, went to India through Indian-held Kashmir, were trained there by India’s intelligence agency RAW and then came back to Pakistan to spread terror.

India’s intelligence agency is often named by Pakistani officials for its alleged execution, training and funding of terrorist activities in the country. For its part, India has always denied such claims and called for evidence to be brought forward. Pakistan foreign secretary in his media talk on 14 may 2015 claimed that Indian Agency RAW is involved in creating bad condition in Pakistan. He assured that Raw is involved to unstable Pakistan in Sindh and Balochistan also in the KPK and Northern Areas of Pakistan in form of TTP and other elements. Before that ISPR had also endorsed the identical remarks about RAW’s involvement in Pakistan.

It has been observed that an India in trouble would always lick Pakistan’s feet; nevertheless, an India out of trouble would ensure Pakistan thrown into hell fire. We have the apt examples of 1971, Khalistan Movement and Kashmir liberation Movement when India was at its weakest. If the disgraceful characters would have not handed over the Sikhs lists to India and would have not stabbed the Kashmiris in the back the scenario would have been different by now. It looks that this is high time that the Indians should seriously be given some domestic activity to keep them busy at home, if someone really want Pakistan to see prospering.