Perhaps in the whole human history, no other nation or state has ever faced such a hegemonic enemy, the might and size of India, which Pakistan is facing since 1947. Perhaps Professor Samuel P. Huntington's world famous Clash of Civilisations hypothesis best proves in this sub-continent where Muslim and Hindu faiths are entangled in an incessant conflict, since 712 A.D., when earlier Muslims set foot on this sub-continent.
With eventual formation of 'Hindu Raj' what really was an ideological clash since 1857, has now turned into a full-fledged clash of civilisations creating grave security tribulations for Pakistan. Soon after the partition of sub-continent in 1947, the successive Indian governments have adopted particularly offensive approach towards neighbouring Pakistan as Hindus never accepted the partition of their holy motherland. Creation of 'greater India' is an inherent longing of all the Hindus- whether secular or fundamentalists.
Muslims and Hindus are prisoners of history in South Asia where religious convictions and creeds have profound impacts over human minds and national psychology. The historic divide of 1947 simply augmented this and it only changed forms.
For Pakistani policy makers, 1947 was an apparent culmination of their historical conflict with Indians but for the Hindu establishment, deeply influenced by the political philosophy of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru, it was the beginning of a more powerful covert stumble upon with Muslims- to be fought by their military establishment and spy agencies. The purpose was to engage Pakistan in more than one way to weaken it.
Actually, the military policy makers in India have, by tradition, been overwhelmingly in support of a policy of aggressively countering Pakistan. Indian purpose has been to malign and disparage Pakistan; especially its Army and peaceful nuclear programme, in the eyes of the West and the USA; and to emerge as a regional super power.
For this, Indian defence budget for the year 2009-10, has been increased by 34.19 percent over the previous year's budget estimates of Rs 1,05,600 crore. Defence spending would grow by 25 percent in 2009-10 to $29.39 billion. It has also been planned to spend $30 billion on imports, over the next four years. Indian minorities, especially the Muslims, are living miserable life.
The six member Rajinder Sachar Committee report, about the state of Muslim minority in India, has horrifically disclosed that the overall conditions of majority of Indian Muslims are worse than that of even the Dalits; while Muslims shape 13 percent of India's total population, but their share in government jobs is only 6.4 percent. Even in the political spectrum, Muslims have been under-represented; both in lower house of the parliament- Lok Sabha and in State Assemblies.
The strategic setting of Afghanistan provides a perfect conduit for India to break into the resource rich Balochistan and sponsor local centrifugal forces with arms and money. India has speciously established its so called 'consulates' along Pakistan-Afghanistan borders and effectively used some of them to channel arms and money into Balochistan and Fata.
The presence of an Indian Major General in Kandahar to supervise sabotage activities in Pakistan is no secret but USA is turning a deaf ear to Indian game plan against Pakistan. India's involvement in Pakistan has been highlighted by two Western journalists namely Christine Fair and Laura Rozen in their articles.
This has created serious problems for Pakistan, as its safety is on the turn and Pakistan genuinely feels threatened with India's mounting sway in bordering Afghanistan. Post 9/11 Pakistan is a victim of world's most complex 'great game' ever played by the states in which CIA, Mossad, and RAW have conflated their resources and assets to weaken Pakistan from within.
Every intelligence agency operational in our immediate periphery in Afghanistan is working for the interest of its respective country besides, lodging a covert and complex diabolical fighting against Pakistan, which has further necessitated the need to save Pakistan's vital national interests. For this purpose, our policy makers, establishment, media and the academe should work in unison to help save our strategic interests and borders.