Yes, I agree there are things that need to be done. Recognizing Israel won't go down well in Pakistan and in other muslim countries so that won't happen. Plus their Palestinian occupation and oppression is not something that we can ignore.
This policy and public mind set is what i am questioning....We had the same dilemna but then common sense prevailed way back in 90's and we went ahead and recognized Israel...See how much we have gained/gaining with that one move....As far as i know India is still in good books of Arab world....I fail to udnerstand when Turkey was a key ally of Israel then what were pakistan obligations....Don't you see there lies a clear policy flaw????
India OTOH has a luxury to be friends with Israel as there's no domestic pressure or international pressure.
No domestic or international pressure??? Are you kidding me??? Do you know how much vote banks politics is played in India...Congress want's to expolit anti-muslims votes against BJP all the time and thus they are precieved to be soft on issues that muslim community has concerns with.....So your saying that India did not have domestic pressure is factually incorrect....As far as International pressure then i am afraid you are wrong again.....It was the fear of backlash from muslim world that stopped us from recognizing Israel for almost 5 decades....
There's circumstances that lead to creating more enemies and we can't just be friends with everyone.
Nopes it is the policies that make someone friend or foe....There was no need for Pak to get directly involved against Israel...or to have no relations with Israel...India for instance also condemns their actions but that's about it....Turkey was one of their key ally uptil recently, no???
India, for instance, has Pakistan and perhaps China as rivals.
You are right...however do you see the level of engagement India has with China???? A tade worth $60 billion and relations have improved lately...May i know which of your so called rival you have managed to improve relations, lately???
I really don't think that the number of our enemies is too high or is something too alarming.
Alarming...if not then it should be....Allignment in any particular camp if not beneficial...you guys should have learned it by now....Because conflicts don't last forever....Cold war which seemed to never end finished...what happened??? Americans left....Leaving Pakistan alone and not so healthy relations with Russia....and now looks like you are more and more leaning towards China....Once India and China resolves their issues there is a potential that things would come back to bite again....
You're counting 3 or 4 states at best and Afghanistan is negligible since their state is very weak at the moment.
Do you think Nepal, Bhutan, Maldives,Malaysia, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh are very strong countries??? Nopes however are they for any reason less important...heck no..Not even in dreams...Good relations with them is equally important if not less then having good relations with US, Russia because these countries are our immediate neighbours.....Had US and Canada not friends their success story would have been very different....Don't you think so???