India Prepares To Sever Relations With Pakistan

An Indian policeman checks Chattrapati Shivaji Railway terminus in Mumbai after terrorists went on a rampage there. Getty Pictures/Time Magazine

India Ready To Break With Pakistan Over Lack Of Help With Mumbai Inquiry -- Times Online

India plans to break off business, transport and tourist links with Pakistan and isolate it from the rest of the world if it fails to help to investigate the Mumbai terrorist attacks, the country's Home Minister told The Times today.

Speaking in an interview that will raise the temperature further between the two countries, Palaniappan Chidambaram accused Pakistan of doing nothing to assist India bring to justice the perpetrators of the attacks on the country's financial capital, which killed 165 people between November 26 and 29.

Asked what Pakistan was doing to help with the investigation, in which India handed over a dossier of evidence to its neighbour last week, Mr Chidambaram said: "Zero. What have they provided? Nothing."

The minister — who will brief David Miliband on the investigation's progress when the British Foreign Secretary arrives in Delhi tomorrow — gave an indication of action that would be taken if Pakistan continued to refuse to investigate the attacks, blamed by India on Islamic militants with links to the Pakistani Inter-Services Intelligence agency (ISI).

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My Comment: This can only get worse. The military/economic/political situation is unraveling in Pakistan .... and India is paying close attention. This breakdown of relations means that India has made the decision that they do not have a reliable partner in Pakistan .... as a result the politicians in India are acting like politicians .... they are severing all their ties with the Pakistani Government with the expectation that the Pakistani Government will not be there in the future.

This is a very ominous development.