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Indian propaganda trying to save Nawaz’s skin
Global Village Space |
Dr. Shahbaz Shabbir Gill |
Indian media’s recent public expression of affection for Nawaz Sharif is quite uncharacteristic of its typical hostile treatment towards Pakistani government. The Supreme Court’s verdict against Nawaz Sharif resulting in his disqualification as the Chief Executive has instigated an eccentric hype in the Indian media that reflects the sheer discomfort with the SC decision in Pakistan.
Read more: Of Gulalai and Articles 62/63: PML-N’s new strategy to disqualify…
Nawaz and the Indian media
Indian journalists have bombarded newspapers and other media forums with their apprehensive and remorseful opinions regarding the ousting of Nawaz Sharif on forums such as ‘Times of India’, ‘Bloomberg’, ‘First post’, ‘Swarajya’, ‘Economic Times’ and Washington Post to name a few. The main gist of these published pieces is that Sharif’s dismissal is bad news for Pakistan, for India, and for the West.
In a recent article by Barkha Dutt in ‘Washington Post’, she pointed out that according to reports, under Sharif’s government many jihadi groups were experiencing a shortage of arms and funds due to the interference by Sharif’s government. This is an interesting report considering that never has the role of Pakistan been appreciated or acknowledged in curbing the impact of terrorism in the South Asian region by Indian media under any government before.
There is also an emphasis on the role of a ‘secretive’ military establishment that has decided to oust Nawaz Sharif. The commentary on the excellent management of foreign and domestic policies by the former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif is even more amusing. ‘First post’ commended Nawaz Sharif for his performance in the last few years as a great leader who tried to improve trade relations and bilateral ties between India and Pakistan. It further praised his domestic accomplishments within the country. “Under him, the economy was showing promising signs. He improved fiscal discipline, reduced poverty, put money in middle class’s hands, and the stock market responded with enthusiasm. On 15 May 2017, index provider MSCI announced that it was reclassifying Pakistan’s status from lowly ‘frontier’ to more prestigious ’emerging market‘.”
Read more: The dusk of Nawaz Sharif era
It seems like the first event of its kind, as we have never witnessed such positive remarks for a Prime Minister of Pakistan on part of the Indian media backed by the Indian administration. It is absurd to see the sudden shift in rhetoric against Pakistan by the Indian media in the aftermath of the ousting decision of Nawaz Sharif. In a recent article by Barkha Dutt in ‘Washington Post’, she pointed out that according to reports, under Sharif’s government many jihadi groups were experiencing a shortage of arms and funds due to the interference by Sharif’s government. This is an interesting report considering that never has the role of Pakistan been appreciated or acknowledged in curbing the impact of terrorism in the South Asian region by Indian media under any government before.
Read more: My way, nor no way
Why are Indian journalists trying to salvage Nawaz?
It encouraged me to think about any reason and/or justification of such an occurrence. As evident by many socio-political activities between India, USA, Pakistan and the Middle East in the recent past, I have come up with 3 major reasons for why Modi administration was so eager to strengthen Nawaz administration in Pakistan. The disturbing facts to support this claim involve;
The Indo-Nawaz nexus
I will attempt to explicate these three points in order to unravel this unique and surreptitious Indo-Pak nexus below.
(i) Personal relations between the two leaders affected foreign relations of India and Pakistan. It was observed that Nawaz Sharif had developed very candid and cordial relations with Modi (personally), and had developed a soft corner for his administration, and business tycoons, in order to safeguard his business interests in India.
With the poor management of the case on part of the former Pakistani government and half-hearted aim to fight the case in the international court of justice, Pakistan lost its claims against Kalbhushan Yadav. Nawaz Sharif gave a lot of space to Modi administration to not only interfere in Pakistan’s internal political issues but had also weakened its position at the global front.
(ii) Kalbushan Yadav case: This was a case of a serving Indian Navy officer who was caught by the Pakistani agencies while he was spying in the Baluchistan province of Pakistan. Despite the fact that he had admitted his crime, former Pakistani government did not present his case on any international forum at that time. I strongly believe that this was a great opportunity for Pakistan to show the negative interference of India across its border, which the then ruling party, PML-N lost in vain. This gave a clear indication to Modi administration that there was no threat to India’s reputation from the PML-N administration. This also led the Indian government to believe that they could appeal for bailing out Kalbhushan Yadav in the international court of justice. Instead of refusing to take this case to international jurisdiction, on the grounds of national security and interest, Nawaz Sharif presented it to the international jurisdiction where it was pretty easy for India to get the benefit.
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Indian propaganda trying to save Nawaz’s skin
Global Village Space |
Dr. Shahbaz Shabbir Gill |
Indian media’s recent public expression of affection for Nawaz Sharif is quite uncharacteristic of its typical hostile treatment towards Pakistani government. The Supreme Court’s verdict against Nawaz Sharif resulting in his disqualification as the Chief Executive has instigated an eccentric hype in the Indian media that reflects the sheer discomfort with the SC decision in Pakistan.
Read more: Of Gulalai and Articles 62/63: PML-N’s new strategy to disqualify…
Nawaz and the Indian media
Indian journalists have bombarded newspapers and other media forums with their apprehensive and remorseful opinions regarding the ousting of Nawaz Sharif on forums such as ‘Times of India’, ‘Bloomberg’, ‘First post’, ‘Swarajya’, ‘Economic Times’ and Washington Post to name a few. The main gist of these published pieces is that Sharif’s dismissal is bad news for Pakistan, for India, and for the West.
In a recent article by Barkha Dutt in ‘Washington Post’, she pointed out that according to reports, under Sharif’s government many jihadi groups were experiencing a shortage of arms and funds due to the interference by Sharif’s government. This is an interesting report considering that never has the role of Pakistan been appreciated or acknowledged in curbing the impact of terrorism in the South Asian region by Indian media under any government before.
There is also an emphasis on the role of a ‘secretive’ military establishment that has decided to oust Nawaz Sharif. The commentary on the excellent management of foreign and domestic policies by the former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif is even more amusing. ‘First post’ commended Nawaz Sharif for his performance in the last few years as a great leader who tried to improve trade relations and bilateral ties between India and Pakistan. It further praised his domestic accomplishments within the country. “Under him, the economy was showing promising signs. He improved fiscal discipline, reduced poverty, put money in middle class’s hands, and the stock market responded with enthusiasm. On 15 May 2017, index provider MSCI announced that it was reclassifying Pakistan’s status from lowly ‘frontier’ to more prestigious ’emerging market‘.”
Read more: The dusk of Nawaz Sharif era
It seems like the first event of its kind, as we have never witnessed such positive remarks for a Prime Minister of Pakistan on part of the Indian media backed by the Indian administration. It is absurd to see the sudden shift in rhetoric against Pakistan by the Indian media in the aftermath of the ousting decision of Nawaz Sharif. In a recent article by Barkha Dutt in ‘Washington Post’, she pointed out that according to reports, under Sharif’s government many jihadi groups were experiencing a shortage of arms and funds due to the interference by Sharif’s government. This is an interesting report considering that never has the role of Pakistan been appreciated or acknowledged in curbing the impact of terrorism in the South Asian region by Indian media under any government before.
Read more: My way, nor no way
Why are Indian journalists trying to salvage Nawaz?
It encouraged me to think about any reason and/or justification of such an occurrence. As evident by many socio-political activities between India, USA, Pakistan and the Middle East in the recent past, I have come up with 3 major reasons for why Modi administration was so eager to strengthen Nawaz administration in Pakistan. The disturbing facts to support this claim involve;
- Personal and business-related activities between the current Pakistani government and the Indian government.
- Lack of an appropriate foreign policy with India including lenient and defensive take on the Kashmir issue, submission to India’s violation of the water treaty between India and Pakistan, not being able to appoint a single foreign minister since the last 4 years, subservient attitude towards Middle-East’s demeaning treatment of Pakistan and their increasing support of India as a victim of terrorism.
- Bad reputation and corruption charges of the ruling party in Pakistan in the aftermath of Panama leaks.
The Indo-Nawaz nexus
I will attempt to explicate these three points in order to unravel this unique and surreptitious Indo-Pak nexus below.
(i) Personal relations between the two leaders affected foreign relations of India and Pakistan. It was observed that Nawaz Sharif had developed very candid and cordial relations with Modi (personally), and had developed a soft corner for his administration, and business tycoons, in order to safeguard his business interests in India.
With the poor management of the case on part of the former Pakistani government and half-hearted aim to fight the case in the international court of justice, Pakistan lost its claims against Kalbhushan Yadav. Nawaz Sharif gave a lot of space to Modi administration to not only interfere in Pakistan’s internal political issues but had also weakened its position at the global front.
(ii) Kalbushan Yadav case: This was a case of a serving Indian Navy officer who was caught by the Pakistani agencies while he was spying in the Baluchistan province of Pakistan. Despite the fact that he had admitted his crime, former Pakistani government did not present his case on any international forum at that time. I strongly believe that this was a great opportunity for Pakistan to show the negative interference of India across its border, which the then ruling party, PML-N lost in vain. This gave a clear indication to Modi administration that there was no threat to India’s reputation from the PML-N administration. This also led the Indian government to believe that they could appeal for bailing out Kalbhushan Yadav in the international court of justice. Instead of refusing to take this case to international jurisdiction, on the grounds of national security and interest, Nawaz Sharif presented it to the international jurisdiction where it was pretty easy for India to get the benefit.
Read full article........
Indian propaganda trying to save Nawaz’s skin
