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Pakistan's sole export is terror: Pakistani daily
Monday November 15, 2010 11:43:12 AM,
IANS
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Islamabad:
Pakistan's "sole export seems to have become terror", an article
in a Pakistan daily said and added that the country's "very
existence has become India-centric".
The article in the Express Tribune titled "Wake up and smell the
failure" said the symbolism of US President Barack Obama's visit
to India is "bigger than the expansive trade deals and kind
words".
Obama declared India a world power, and the India-US alliance "one
of the defining partnerships of the 21st century".
"On the other hand, Pakistan was snubbed when we were told to do
more in the war against militancy during his visit....Obama went
further than any US president before by backing India's pursuit
for a permanent seat on the UN Security Council. So much for the
Kashmir dispute."
Commenting on Obama's itinerary during his four nation Asia trip
during which he skipped Pakistan, the article by Hassan Khan said:
"It begs the question why Obama didn't stop by for a day, or even
a few hours, to say hello to his allies in Islamabad who have been
fighting their war, suffering the casualties..."
"The answer is simple. Money is time and time is money, and
Pakistan and Pakistanis haven't understood the value of either
yet.
"Our very existence has become India-centric; to be more precise
we have spent more than half of a century in a military race
against India."
The article went on to say that "our sole export seems to have
become terror and while we beg for aid to cope with globalisation,
the world recession, and not to mention the floods, India unveils
deals worth $10 billion designed to create 50,000 American jobs in
an ailing economy. That's right; India is creating jobs in the
US".
"They (India) sought to be the largest democracy in the world and
they achieved it, and we sought to be the most dangerous country
of the world and we certainly achieved it."
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