19th SAARC Conference in Islamabad 2016-News and Updates

[hussain0216]

Good question
Afghanistan you need to see via the eyes of USA and possibly via the fact that USA invested lot of time and money to see it stabilize enough to let go of it ..
BD from the eyes of ISIS and radicalization risk where fingers gets pointed again to Pakistan due to events in West.. again linking to USA.

In general if you want to talk about IWT, GOP panicked way too sooner.. first thing it withstood lot worse situations.. the third party here is World Bank. india still does not utilise it's full provisions allowed under IWT. And biggest thing is India won't like to be placed like what China has to face bcz of international ruling in favour of Philippines in SCS.

IWT was a media bomb and ppl panicked and reacted.. this is the pressure situation I had said.. it's bcz of such simple racist things, I said GOP foreign policy folks are appearing weak. You also know unilaterally withdrawing will lead to future world Bank funding as an issue for our country as well as hit our credibility. But even you fell for it..

What if I say inside the meeting we just talked about using our share effectively, had tea and cookies and did a photo op and we let our media hype it out..

It was a plain magic trick .. nothing complex nothing innovative.. GOP fell for it ..

You are wayyyyyyyyy over estimating any importance or significance either Afghanistan or Bangladesh have to the world including the U.S


I agree IWT ranting was just hyperbole from indians, you didnt actually say anything would have changed apart from possible use of your share of IWT

Indian fanboys and the usual media whipped themselves in to a frenzy in the absence of any military response to Uri not even thst would be justified considering the costs because again you have NO actionable evidence.

In what way have GOP fallen for it? They just responded to your statements and pandered to the crowd




Let me tell you something about indians, you vastly overestimate india's abilities and clout because reality for Indians is mixed with delusions of grandeur.

Cry war when you can't win, keep silent If you can win- I think you should read Chanakya he was from present day Pakistan- or even Sun Tzu he was a great Chinese scholar- and advice your Military to read it too- Had they read Gibraltar, grandslam, Kargil etc would not have happened-

Are you crying because you cant win or crying because you can

I can hear india crying after Uri but I cant work out what type of crying it is?

 

[idune]

Time to quit this defunct organization. Waste of time and resources for an "isolated" country such as Pakistan. Better focus on SCO.

Actually, right direction would be Pakistan stays in SAARC as is to guard against indian design and spearhead a NEW organization with China, Pakistan, SriLanka, Nepal and Maldives. Name it name SARCMI - South Asian Regional Cooperation Minus india. Keep Bangladesh Afghanistan Bhutan and india out of it.
With Chinese investment, industry and market, REAL regional cooperation can start. That will put SAARC - hijacked by india with no money to shame.

 

[Xn Jin]

Ans to this question

I would Cong india 2 super power countries Bangladesh and Afghanistan plus Asian Tiger Bhuttan are with India congrats.... pakistan is isolated now...... don't care for Russia(conducting joint exercises with Pakistan ) and China (economic super power of Asia, the next super power of world) and USA( going to finalize and sell F-16s to kick indian azz to Pakistan) are with Pakistan

 

[RIP Pak LAW]

SAARC was always been an irrelevant for Pakistan and gladly India has provided us an opportunity to say it a good bye. Pak future lies with the regional countries such as China, Iran and Turkey not with any third world countries like wanna be India, Afghanistan, Bangladesh , bhutton or whatever. Most of the world's maritime trade will be passing through Pakistani waters and land route in 10 yrs time so Pakistan is bound to get massive investment hence we should concerntrate about the good things lining up our door very soon.

 

[PARIKRAMA]

You are wayyyyyyyyy over estimating any importance or significance either Afghanistan or Bangladesh have to the world including the U.S


I agree IWT ranting was just hyperbole from indians, you didnt actually say anything would have changed apart from possible use of your share of IWT

Indian fanboys and the usual media whipped themselves in to a frenzy in the absence of any military response to Uri not even thst would be justified considering the costs because again you have NO actionable evidence.

In what way have GOP fallen for it? They just responded to your statements and pandered to the crowd




Let me tell you something about indians, you vastly overestimate india's abilities and clout because reality for Indians is mixed with delusions of grandeur.





Are you crying because you cant win or crying because you can

I can hear india crying after Uri but I cant work out what type of crying it is?

I hope you are right with estimations of what you believe.. bcz you may be correct as well..

But then again supposing if what I said also is correct by whatever percentage of confidence levels, then what?

Supposing our delusions actually turn out to be the real situation.. that's where mind like yours are needed to react, strategize and calmlynimplement course correction as well as carefully build a credible.image in front of world. With honesty you ask yourself don't you think this is one area where India is way ahead of Pakistan? Perhaps a complete rejig of FO and new aggressive younger folks is needed with much better innovative ways to build that image for Pakistan. You may say it's ok with present image as well.. but then again we both kn much more can be done ..

 

[Indus Pakistan]

Would you have all these countries below?



Tanzania[Note 6] 55,155,000 July 1, 2016 0.75% UN projection
Myanmar 54,363,426 July 1, 2016 0.74% UN projection
South Korea 50,801,405 July 1, 2016 0.69% Annual official estimate
Colombia 48,855,000 September 27, 2016 0.665% Official population clock
Kenya 47,251,000 July 1, 2016 0.64% UN projection
Spain 46,438,422 January 1, 2016 0.63% Official estimate
Argentina 43,590,400 July 1, 2016 0.59% Official annual projection
Ukraine[Note 7] 42,650,186 August 1, 2016 0.58% Monthly official estimate
Sudan 41,176,000 July 1, 2016 0.56% Official annual projection
Algeria 40,400,000 July 1, 2016 0.55% Official annual projection
Poland 38,437,239 December 31, 2015 0.52% Official estimate
Iraq 37,883,543 July 1, 2016 0.52% Official annual projection
Uganda 36,861,000 July 1, 2016
Canada 36,541,700 September 27, 2016 0.497% Official estimate
Morocco[Note 8] 34,093,800 September 27, 2016 0.464% Official annual projection
Malaysia 31,773,200 September 27, 2016 0.432% Official population clock
Uzbekistan 31,575,300 January 1, 2016 0.43% Official estimate
Peru 31,488,700 July 1, 2016 0.43% Official annual projection
Venezuela 31,028,700 July 1, 2016 0.42% Official annual projection
Saudi Arabia 31,015,999 July 1, 2015 0.42% Official estimate
Nepal 28,431,500 July 1, 2016 0.39% Official annual projection
Ghana 27,670,174 July 1, 2015 0.38% Official annual projection
Afghanistan 27,657,145 July 1, 2016 0.38% Annual official estimate
Yemen 27,478,000 July 1, 2016 0.37% UN projection
Mozambique 26,423,700 July 1, 2016 0.36% Annual official projection
Angola 25,789,024 May 16, 2014 0.35% Final 2014 census result
North Korea 24,213,510 October 1, 2014 0.33% Preliminary 2014 census result
Australia 24,200,400 September 27, 2016 0.329% Official population clock
Taiwan[Note 9] 23,514,750 July 31, 2016 0.32% Monthly official estimate
Cameroon 22,709,892 July 1, 2016 0.31% Annual official projection
Ivory Coast 22,671,331 May 15, 2014 0.31% Preliminary 2014 census result
Madagascar 22,434,363 July 1, 2014 0.31% Official estimate
Sri Lanka 20,966,000 July 1, 2015 0.29% Official estimate
Niger 20,715,000 July 1, 2016 0.28% UN projection
Romania 19,760,000 January 1, 2016 0.27% Annual official estimate
Burkina Faso 19,034,397 July 1, 2016 0.26% Annual official projection
Syria 18,564,000 July 1, 2016 0.25% UN projection
Mali 18,341,000 July 1, 2016 0.25% Official annual projection
Chile 18,191,900 July 1, 2016 0.25% Official annual projection
Kazakhstan 17,753,200 May 1, 2016 0.24% Official estimate
Netherlands 17,051,900 September 27, 2016 0.232% Official population clock
Malawi 16,832,910 July 1, 2016 0.23% Official annual projection
Ecuador 16,626,279 September 27, 2016 0.23% Official population clock
Guatemala 16,176,133 July 1, 2015 0.22% Official estimate
Zambia 15,933,883 July 1, 2016 0.22% Official annual projection
Cambodia 15,626,444 July 1, 2016 0.21% Official annual projection
Senegal 14,799,859 2016 0.2% Official annual projection
Chad 14,497,000 July 1, 2016 0.2% UN projection
Zimbabwe 14,240,168 July 1, 2016 0.19% Official annual projection
Guinea 12,947,000 July 1, 2016 0.18% UN projection
South Sudan 12,131,000 July 1, 2016 0.17% Official annual projection
Rwanda 11,553,188 July 1, 2016 0.16% Official projection
Belgium 11,327,986 August 1, 2016 0.15% Monthly official estimate
Cuba 11,239,004 December 31, 2015 0.15% Annual official estimate
Tunisia 11,154,400 July 1, 2015 0.15% Official estimate
Somalia[Note 10] 11,079,000 July 1, 2016 0.15% UN projection
Haiti 11,078,033 July 1, 2016 0.15% Official projection
Bolivia 10,985,059 July 1, 2016 0.15% Official projection
Greece 10,858,018 January 1, 2015 0.15% Official estimate
Benin 10,653,654 July 1, 2016 0.14% Official projection
Czech Republic 10,564,866 June 30, 2016 0.14% Official quarterly estimate
Portugal 10,341,330 December 31, 2015 0.14% Annual official estimate
Burundi 10,114,505 July 1, 2016 0.14% Official annual projection
Dominican Republic 10,075,045 July 1, 2016 0.14% Official projection
Sweden 9,920,881 July 31, 2016 0.13% Monthly official estimate
United Arab Emirates 9,856,000 July 1, 2016 0.13% Official annual projection
Hungary 9,823,000 January 1, 2016 0.13% Annual official estimate
Azerbaijan 9,755,500 July 1, 2016 0.13% Official estimate
Jordan 9,729,610 September 27, 2016 0.132% Preliminary 2015 census result
Belarus 9,500,000 July 1, 2016 0.129% Quarterly official estimate
Austria 8,741,753 July 1, 2016 0.119% Quarterly provisional figure
Honduras 8,721,014 July 1, 2016 0.119% Official annual projection
Israel 8,588,060 September 27, 2016 0.117% Official population clock
Tajikistan 8,551,000 January 1, 2016 0.116% Official estimate
Switzerland 8,341,600 March 31, 2016 0.113% Quarterly provisional figure
Papa New Guinea 8,083,700 July 1, 2015 0.11% Annual official estimate
Hong Kong (China) 7,346,700 July 1, 2016 0.1% Official estimate
Bulgaria 7,153,784 December 31, 2015 0.097% Official estimate
Togo 7,143,000 July 1, 2016 0.097% Official estimate
Serbia[Note 11] 7,076,372 January 1, 2016 0.096% Annual official estimate
Sierra Leone 7,075,641 December 4, 2015 0.096% Preliminary 2015 census result
Paraguay 6,854,536 2016 0.093% Official estimate
El Salvador 6,520,675 2016 0.089% Official estimate
Laos 6,492,400 March 1, 2015 0.088% Preliminary 2015 census result
Libya 6,385,000 July 1, 2016 0.087% Official annual projection
Nicaragua 6,262,703 2015 0.085% Official estimate
Kyrgyzstan 6,088,000 August 1, 2016 0.083% Official estimate
Lebanon 5,988,000 July 1, 2016 0.081% UN projection
Denmark 5,724,456 July 1, 2016 0.078% Quarterly official estimate
Singapore 5,535,000 July 1, 2015 0.075% Official estimate
Finland 5,498,450 August 31, 2016 0.075% Monthly official estimate
Slovakia 5,426,252 December 31, 2015 0.074% Official estimate
Eritrea 5,352,000 July 1, 2016 0.073% UN projection
Norway 5,236,826 July 1, 2016 0.071% Quarterly official estimate
Central African Republic 4,998,000 July 1, 2016 0.068% UN projection
Costa Rica 4,890,379 June 30, 2016 0.067% Official estimate
Palestine 4,816,503 July 1, 2016 0.066% Official estimate
Ireland 4,757,976 July 14, 2016 0.065% Preliminary 2016 census result
Turkmenistan 4,751,120 December 26, 2012 0.065% Preliminary 2012 census resultRepublic of the Congo 4,741,000 July 1, 2016 0.064% UN projection
New Zealand 4,718,460 September 27, 2016 0.0642% Official population clock
Oman 4,496,760 September 9, 2016 0.061% Official estimate
Puntland (Somalia) 4,284,633 May 27, 2015 0.058% Official estimate
Croatia 4,190,669 December 31, 2015 0.057% Annual official estimate
Kuwait 4,183,658 June 30, 2015 0.057% Official estimate
Liberia 4,076,530 July 1, 2016 0.055% Official projection
Somaliland (Somalia) 3,850,000 2009 0.052% Official estimate
Panama 3,814,672 July 1, 2016 0.052% Official estimate
Georgia[Note 12] 3,720,400 January 1, 2016 0.051% Annual official estimate
Mauritania 3,718,678 July 1, 2016 0.051% Annual official projection
Moldova[Note 13] 3,553,100 January 1, 2016 0.048% Official estimate
Bosnia and Herzegovina 3,531,159 October 15, 2013 0.048% Final 2013 census result
Uruguay 3,480,222 June 30, 2016 0.047% Annual official estimate
Puerto Rico (U.S.) 3,474,182 July 1, 2015 0.047% Official estimate
Mongolia 3,107,100 September 27, 2016 0.042% Official population clock
Armenia 2,995,100 July 1, 2016 0.041% Quarterly official estimate
Albania 2,886,026 January 1, 2016 0.039% Annual official estimate
Lithuania 2,862,786 September 1, 2016 0.039% Monthly official estimate
Jamaica 2,723,246 December 31, 2014 0.037% Official estimate
Qatar 2,401,598 August 31, 2016 0.033% Monthly official estimate
Namibia 2,324,388 July 1, 2016 0.032% Official projection
Botswana 2,230,905 July 1, 2016 0.03% Official annual projection
Macedonia 2,071,278 December 31, 2015 0.028% Official estimate
Slovenia 2,063,371 April 1, 2016 0.028% Official estimate
Latvia 1,957,600 September 1, 2016 0.027% Monthly official estimate
Lesotho 1,916,000 July 1, 2014 0.026% Official estimate
The Gambia 1,882,450 April 15, 2013 0.026% Preliminary 2013 census result
Kosovo[Note 14] 1,836,978 2016 0.025% Official annual projection
Gabon 1,802,278 October 5, 2013 0.025% Preliminary 2013 census result
Guinea-Bissau 1,547,777 July 1, 2016 0.021% Official projection
Bahrain 1,404,900 July 1, 2016 0.019% Official annual projection
Trinidad and Tobago 1,349,667 July 1, 2015 0.018% Official estimate
Estonia 1,315,944 January 1, 2016 0.018% Official estimate
Mauritius 1,262,879 July 1, 2015 0.017% Official estimate
Equatorial Guinea 1,222,442 July 4, 2015 0.017% Preliminary 2015 census result
East Timor 1,167,242 July 11, 2015 0.016% Preliminary 2015 census result
Swaziland 1,132,657 July 1, 2016 0.015% Official projection
Djibouti 900,000 July 1, 2016 0.012% UN projection
Fiji 867,000 July 1, 2015 0.0118% Annual official estimate
Cyprus[Note 15] 847,000 December 31, 2014 0.012% Official estimate
Réunion (France) 843,529 January 1, 2015 0.0115% Annual official estimate
Comoros 806,153 July 1, 2016 0.011% Official estimate
Bhutan 778,500 September 27, 2016 0.0106% Official population clock
Guyana 746,900 July 1, 2013 0.01% Official estimate
Macau (China) 652,500 June 30, 2016 0.009% Official quarterly estimate
Solomon Islands 642,000 July 1, 2015 0.009% Annual official estimate
Montenegro 621,810 July 1, 2014 0.008% Official estimate
Western Sahara[Note 16] 584,000 July 1, 2016 0.0079% UN projection
Luxembourg 576,200 December 31, 2015 0.0078% Annual official estimate
Suriname 541,638 August 13, 2012 0.0074% Final 2012 census result
Cape Verde 531,239 July 1, 2016 0.0072% Official annual projection
Transnistria[Note 17] 505,153 January 1, 2014 0.007% Official estimate
Malta 429,344 December 31, 2014 0.0058% Official estimate
Brunei 411,900 July 1, 2014 0.0056% Official estimate
Guadeloupe (France) 400,132 January 1, 2015 0.0054% Annual official estimate
Martinique (France) 378,243 January 1, 2015 0.0051% Annual official estimate
Bahamas 378,040 July 1, 2016 0.0051% Official projection
Belize 375,909 April 1, 2016 0.0051% Official estimate
Maldives 344,023 September 20, 2014 0.0047% Preliminary 2014 census result
Iceland 336,060 June 30, 2016 0.0046% Official quaterly estimate
Northern Cyprus[Note 18] 294,396 December 4, 2011 0.004% 2011 census result
Barbados 285,000 July 1, 2016 0.0039% UN projection
Vanuatu 277,500 July 1, 2015 0.0038% Annual official estimate
French Polynesia (France) 271,800 December 31, 2014 0.0037% Official estimate
New Caledonia (France) 268,767 August 26, 2014 0.0037% Preliminary 2014 census result
French Guiana (France) 254,541 January 1, 2015 0.0035% Annual official estimate
Abkhazia[Note 19] 240,705 February 28, 2011 0.0033% 2011 census result
Mayotte (France) 226,915 January 1, 2015 0.0031% Annual official estimate
Samoa 194,899 January 1, 2016 0.0027% Official projection
São Tomé and Príncipe 187,356 May 13, 2012 0.0025% 2012 census result
Saint Lucia 186,000 July 1, 2016 0.0025% UN projection
Guam (U.S.) 184,200 July 1, 2015 0.0025% Annual official estimate
Curaçao (Netherlands) 158,986 January 1, 2016 0.0022% Annual official estimate
Nagorno-Karabakh Republic[Note 20] 150,932 2015 0.002% Preliminary 2015 census result
Kiribati 113,400 July 1, 2015 0.0015% Annual official estimate
Aruba (Netherlands) 110,108 December 31, 2015 0.0015% Official quarterly estimate
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 109,991 June 12, 2012 0.0015% Preliminary 2012 census
United States Virgin Islands (U.S.) 106,000 July 1, 2016 0.0014% UN projection
Grenada 103,328 May 12, 2011 0.0014% 2011 census result
Tonga 103,252 November 30, 2011 0.0014% 2011 census result
Federated States of Micronesia 102,800 July 1, 2015 0.0014% Annual official estimate
Jersey (UK) 102,700 December 31, 2015 0.0014% Annual official estimate
Seychelles 93,144 December 31, 2015 0.0013% Annual official estimate
Antigua and Barbuda 86,295 May 27, 2011 0.0012% Preliminary 2011 census result
Isle of Man (UK) 84,497 March 27, 2011 0.0011% 2011 census result
Andorra 78,014 December 31, 2015 0.0011% Annual official estimate
Dominica 71,293 May 14, 2011 0.00097% Preliminary 2011 census result
Guernsey (UK) 63,001 September 30, 2015 0.00086% Official estimate
Bermuda (UK) 61,954 July 1, 2013 0.00084% Official estimate
Cayman Islands (UK) 60,413 December 31, 2015 0.00082% Official estimate
American Samoa (U.S.) 57,100 July 1, 2015 0.00078% Annual official estimate
Northern Mariana Islands (U.S.) 56,940 July 1, 2015 0.00077% Annual official estimate
Greenland (Denmark) 56,186 July 1, 2016 0.00076% Annual official estimate
Marshall Islands 54,880 July 1, 2015 0.00075% Annual official estimate
South Ossetia[Note 21] 53,559 October 15, 2015 0.00073% Official estimate
Faroe Islands (Denmark) 49,755 August 1, 2016 0.00068% Monthly official estimate
Saint Kitts and Nevis 46,204 May 15, 2011 0.00063% 2011 census result
Monaco 38,400 December 31, 2015 0.00052% Annual official estimate
Sint Maarten (Netherlands) 38,247 January 1, 2015 0.00052% Official estimate
Liechtenstein 37,623 December 31, 2015 0.00051% Semi annual official estimate
Saint-Martin (France) 36,457 January 1, 2015 0.0005% Annual official estimate
Gibraltar (UK) 33,140 December 31, 2014 0.00045% Annual official estimate
San Marino 33,005 December 31, 2015 0.00045% Monthly official estimate
Turks and Caicos Islands (UK) 31,458 January 25, 2012 0.00043% 2012 census result
British Virgin Islands (UK) 28,514 July 1, 2013 0.00039% Official estimate
Bonaire (Netherlands) 18,905 January 1, 2015 0.00026% Official estimate
Cook Islands 18,100 March 1, 2016 0.00025% Official quarterly estimate
Palau 17,950 July 1, 2015 0.00024% Annual official estimate
Anguilla (UK) 13,452 May 11, 2011 0.00018% Preliminary 2011 census result
Wallis and Futuna (France) 11,750 July 1, 2015 0.00016% Annual official estimate
Tuvalu 10,640 November 4, 2012 0.00014% 2012 census result
Nauru 10,084 October 30, 2011 0.00014% 2011 census result
Saint Barthélemy (France) 9,417 January 1, 2015 0.00013% Annual official estimate
Saint Pierre and Miquelon (France) 6,286 January 1, 2015 0.000086% Annual official estimate
Montserrat (UK) 4,922 May 12, 2011 0.000067% 2011 census result
Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha (UK) 4,255 February 10, 2008 0.000058% 2008 census
Sint Eustatius (Netherlands) 3,877 January 1, 2015 0.000053% Official estimate
Falkland Islands (UK) 2,563 April 15, 2012 0.000035% 2012 census result
Norfolk Island (Australia) 2,302 August 9, 2011 0.000031% 2011 census result
Christmas Island (Australia) 2,072 August 9, 2011 0.000028% 2011 census result
Saba (Netherlands) 1,811 January 1, 2015 0.000025% Official estimate
Niue 1,470 July 1, 2015 0.000020% Annual official estimate
okelau (NZ) 1,411 October 18, 2011 0.000019% 2011 census result
Vatican City 842 January 1, 2014 0.000011% Official estimate
Cocos (Keeling) Islands (Australia) 550 August 9, 2011 0.0000075% http://www.citypopulation.de/Australia-Agglo.html
Pitcairn Islands (UK)





Or only this?

 

[wiseone2]

Pakistan Humiliated by south Asian countries' boycott of summit



India, Bangladesh, Afghanistan and Bhutan cite regional interference as they pull out of what was set to be a historic meeting



Jon Boone in Islamabad and Michael Safi in Delhi

Wednesday 28 September 2016 14.59 BST Last modified on Wednesday 28 September 2016 16.19 BST

Four south Asian countries are to boycott what was set to be a historic regional summit in Islamadad in November, dealing a humiliating blow to Pakistan and isolating it diplomatically.

India, Bangladesh, Afghanistan and Bhutan all said they would pull out of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) meeting following a collapse in relations between Pakistan and India, the subcontinent’s nuclear-armed rivals.

Statements by the region’s foreign ministries echoed India’s criticism on Tuesday night, which blamed “increasing cross-border terrorist attacks and growing interference of the internal affairs of member states” for Delhi’s decision to boycott the conference.

Until recently, the prospect of the Indian prime minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Islamabad had been seen as a potentially highly symbolic step towards reconciliation between Pakistan and India.

The two countries, however, have been engaged interse exchanges following an attack on an Indian army base on 18 September that killed 19 soldiers, which Delhi has blamed on jihadis based in Pakistan. The raid took place in town of Uri near the line of control that divides the contested Himalayan territory of Kashmir.

Four days later, India denounced Pakistan at the UN as the host of the “Ivy League of terrorism”.

Islamabad says India has provided no evidence linking the attack either to militants based in Pakistan or to the country’s intelligence agencies, which have long been accused of complicity with anti-India jihadi groups.

Pakistan’s defence minister has even suggested that India itself carried out the attack to deflect attention from its ongoing struggle to quell popular disturbances in the Indian part of Kashmir.



Indian soldiers patrol near the line of control in Kashmir following the 18 September attack. Photograph: Mukhtar Khan/AP
Tensions have been fuelled by television networks and social media on both sides of the border, with some pundits appearing to relish the prospect of all-out nuclear war.

Some Indian hawks have demanded retaliatory attacks against suspected militant camps in Pakistan, but Modi has sought to punish Islamabad with steps that fall short of military means.

His strategy is, however, far tougher than the relative restraint shown by previous Indian governments during earlier crises, such as that prompted by the four-day assault on Mumbai by Pakistani militant group Lashkar-e-Taiba in 2008.


In recent weeks, Modi has publicly backed separatist rebels in the restive Pakistani province of Balochistan, a move that has infuriated Islamabad. He has also questioned a key cross-border river treaty and vowed to orchestrate Pakistan’s diplomatic isolation.

That promise became reality on Wednesday when it became clear four out of SAARC’s eight members would not attend the summit, which it is Pakistan’s turn to host.

Afghanistan’s foreign ministry, which has long accused Pakistan of supporting the Taliban-led insurgency, was most stinging in its criticism, denouncing “the increased level of violence and fighting as a result of imposed terrorism on Afghanistan”.

Nine months ago, hopes were high for a rapprochement between India and Pakistan following Modi’s surprise visit to Lahore on Christmas day, the first time an Indian leader had set foot in Pakistan since 2004.



Pakistan’s prime minister, Nawaz Sharif, welcomes his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi to Lahore in December 2015. Photograph: PIB/AFP/Getty Images
His Pakistani counterpart, Nawaz Sharif, won a landslide election victory in 2013, determined to end the decades’ long standoff and open up trade.

“But Pakistan has a tremendous capacity to withstand coercion and a mindset that wants eternal confrontation with India that is too deeply entrenched,” he said.

On Monday, Modi ordered water officials to step up efforts to divert a greater share of the three rivers the countries share under the Indus treaty, a 1960 agreement that has survived their subsequent conflicts.

“Blood and water cannot flow together,” Modi said, a rare invocation of India’s power to meddle with the Indus river system, which flows downstream into Pakistan and provides water to 65% of the country’s landmass.

Himanshu Thakkar, the coordinator of the South Asia Network on Dams, Rivers and People, said it would take up to a decade to build dams capable of reducing the flow to Pakistan.

“But it sends a signal, and that signal will have an impact,” he said. “If India builds projects to store water from its entitlement, it will provide a means for India to control water flow to Pakistan, even temporarily.”

On Tuesday, Pakistan complained to the World Bank, which brokered the original treaty, urging it to prevent India from starting construction work on the Neelum and Chenab rivers.


https://www.theguardian.com/world/2...ed-by-south-asian-countries-boycott-of-summit


@nair @Joe Shearer @MilSpec

I think this is the end of SAARC as we know it.

IMO it is a bad precedent to boycott a summit

Lol.

Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bouthan and India are the center of the world.

Superpowa syndrome.

they are not ...

 

[Super Falcon]

Your

No water. No friends. No money. Pakistan is ....... View attachment 338899

Claiming countries like BD AFG BHU who tank below even third world going to finish Pak wet dreams

Infact you will see SAARC itself going to collapse Pakistan might consider pulling itself out of indian colony SAARC where region is not given importance

Few years back mr modi crying in SAARC Pakistan is not cooperating in SAARC look how he is running now

SAARC is useless tool of blackmail wastage of money time better Pakistan leave india to do its honours every year

Result oriented African Union is far better than useless saarc

 

[Serious Carrey]

@PARIKRAMA

Thank you for this information. BIMSTEC has been there since 2004. I understand that India invited the group to BRICS summit. Anything else interesting happening with BIMSTEC?

 

[Eminent Mainstream Media]

Are you crying because you cant win or crying because you can

I can hear india crying after Uri but I cant work out what type of crying it is?

Don't you see we are already winning- The economic deficit with Pakistan is growing- The cry which was made by Indian PM was a challenge to match our economic growth- and It was to you the people of Pakistan and not your corrupt rulers-

 

[somebozo]

Seriously what do Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Bhutan contribute?
We have 4 Million afghan refugees and 2 Million bengali illegal migrants in Pakistan...we should stand them in a line and have passerby spit on their ugly existence...

 

[Indus Pakistan]

@Super Falcon I first became acquainted with SAARC in 1989 when I went to Pakistan. While in Islamabad there was big talk about SAF and then all these teams came to play. I remember being bemused by all this. To begin with the countries listed excelled in being zeros. It appeared to be competion that only brought all the misfits and zeros togather. On further discussion I became aware of SAARC.

It was amazing. The irrationality of it all. The British free of charge made SAARC for us. British India ring a bell? So if SAARC was so important why would you want to break up British India in 1947 and then join it together again? Was that done just for the fun of it?

SAARC is waste of time. Pakistan needs to leave it ASAP. Unless Pakistan is thiniking of reconstructing British India.

 

[GurudevSingh]

Seriously what do Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Bhutan contribute?
We have 4 Million afghan refugees and 2 Million bengali illegal migrants in Pakistan...we should stand them in a line and have passerby spit on their ugly existence...

They contribute to the whole of South Asia.

What you are seeing is the start of the movement, boycotting Pakistan will gradually move forward and will become a trend in coming days. Somewhere someplace the trend needed to be ignited.

Western media will present it as "why are we entertaining Pakistan when their own neighbors deplore them?" This in turn will create more anti Pakistan within west which has been victim of the duplicitous behavior of Pakistan viz a viz terrorism.

Right now the behaviour can better be explained with the following image.

 

[somebozo]

Why SAARC boycott support by Bangladesh, Afghanistan and Bhutan is no victory for India at all. India can't even get Nepal, Maldives and Srilanka to support its Pakistan isolation project.

By an Indian: G pramoud Kumar

After all, All India managed to unite were its own biggest allies who always support India no matter what in every right and wrong and who are already against Pakistan for a long time.

http://www.huffingtonpost.in/2016/0...oycott-support-by-bangladesh-afghanistan-and/

Now Pakistan should Humilate entire SAARC by ending its membership..

However, despite SAARC's utter uselessness, the boycott would have made some sense had the countries that supported India been Nepal, Maldives and Sri Lanka. India had invested heavily in these countries as well - particularly Nepal whose very survival had been linked to India. Unfortunately, all the three, even after enjoying years of bilateral generosity, have given up India for China.

They contribute to the whole of South Asia.

What you are seeing is the start of the movement, boycotting Pakistan will gradually move forward and will become a trend in coming days. Somewhere someplace the trend needed to be ignited.

Western media will present it as "why are we entertaining Pakistan when their own neighbors deplore them?" This in turn will create more anti Pakistan within west which has been victim of the duplicitous behavior of Pakistan viz a viz terrorism.

Indian wet dreams...!

It has not happened..it will not happen!
Let india show some moral upper hand by taking 4 million afghani and 2 million bangalis from Pakistan...

 

[GurudevSingh]

Why SAARC boycott support by Bangladesh, Afghanistan and Bhutan is no victory for India at all. India can't even get Nepal, Maldives and Srilanka to support its Pakistan isolation project.

By an Indian: G pramoud Kumar

After all, All India managed to unite were its own biggest allies who always support India no matter what in every right and wrong and who are already against Pakistan for a long time.

Now Pakistan should Humilate entire SAARC by ending its membership..



Indian wet dreams...!

It has not happened..it will not happen!
Let india show some moral upper hand by taking 4 million afghani and 2 million bangalis from Pakistan...

If Nepal, Maldives, Sri Lanka were supporting Pakistan, they would infact be attending the SAARC? Are They?

If the writer of the above article was writing the obivious he wont be even getting the views. They need to write something which is not obvious.

It has not happened because India never went on the offensive ever. Have you ever seen in the entire history of Pakistan, India going on diplomatic offensive against Pakistan?

Pakistan moving away from SAARC will now will further humiliate Pakistan and will be more of admission that they were humiliated.

Ideally what i would want is to have the SAARC summit to be held in India now, it will be epic dilemma for Pakistan. It will be either move away from SAARC and accept that they were humiliated, or come to India and get humiliated.