Pakistan has spent its entire life trying to be an answer to an Indian fringe. The end result has been chronic political instability, retarded economic growth and shambolic human development. In its deluded and inexplicable search to be an answer to extreme right wing Hindus, Pakistan has been egged on by both the US and China. The superpowers have had their own strategic and political interests at heart, and Pakistan has been a victim of their cynical and self serving maneuvers.
Pakistan should take a leaf out of its Muslim counterparts to think about its relations with India. UAE, Saudi, Oman and Bangladesh all have excellent relations with India. Indonesia, the largest Muslim country on earth provides visa on arrival to Indians (but not to Pakistanis). Iran trades with India in Indian rupees. Afghan cricketers are feted as heroes in the IPL. All this is with a right wing party in power in Delhi for nearly a decade. Yet Pakistan clings to its self anointed role as the shield to India’s right wing.
Pakistan’s own history should remind it that extreme political movements (left, right, Hindu, Muslim, Christian, Communist etc) eventually become a bigger problem for the communities that breed them.