In India, emotions and temperatures are raised on Pahalgam’s vile attack by attackers who killed at least 28 unarmed Hindu tourists and injured much more.
Indian politicians and media, and others blamed Pakistan, and there are Bellician calls for a military strike on Pakistan. Now, three things must be said about this request for war against Pakistan: first, wars are very expensive affairs, and India and Pakistan are poor countries that can afford to be affected by them.
Two, wars have unpredictable results. It is easy to start a war, but you can never say how it will end. Napoleon and Hitler have invaded Russia, waiting for fast victories, but we all know how their invasions ended. Three, India and Pakistan are nuclear powers.
It is therefore silly to talk about going to war. In my opinion, the best course was what happened after the attack on Pulwama in 2019, when Tempers was in the lead in India.
Pakistani Prime Minister of the time, Imran Khan said that he understood the pain of the Indians on the murder of so many of their troops in the attack of Pulwama. The former Pakistani Prime Minister also said that Pakistan was also a victim of terrorism and that Pakistan was willing to cooperate with India in any type of investigation, India wanted to trace and identify the culprits.
The Indian government has announced certain measures against Pakistan, and Pakistan has made it reciprocal with certain measures against India. I will not go into the legality of these, but I submit that it is instinctive reactions, which will only exacerbate the situation and harm the poor of the two countries.
For example, many parts of Pakistan are already in shock under a serious shortage of water, and the Sindh and the Punjab argue this question. The Pakistani government has declared India’s decision to suspend the Industry Water Treaty as an act of war.
Now, if the water from the upper riparian country (India) is arrested or reduced by the suspension of the Industry Water Treaty, some parts of Pakistan may well become another Karbala. It is not the leaders of Pakistan, but the poor who will suffer from it.
India and Pakistan are poor countries. The poor must join the hands and fight together against their common enemy – massive poverty, massive unemployment, a terrible level of malnutrition of children, arrow prices of essential products, an almost total lack of appropriate health care and a good education for the masses, etc., instead of fighting each other.
I respectfully call the two countries to refresh themselves and adopt the Sage Action Plan and statesman suggested by Imran after the attack on Pulwama in 2019.
Judge Katju is a former judge of the Indian Supreme Court.
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