{"id":10531,"date":"2011-05-10T15:26:39","date_gmt":"2011-05-10T09:56:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/?p=10531"},"modified":"2011-05-10T15:26:39","modified_gmt":"2011-05-10T09:56:39","slug":"dont-blame-pakistan-for-non-state-actors-says-zardari","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/dont-blame-pakistan-for-non-state-actors-says-zardari","title":{"rendered":"Don&#8217;t blame Pakistan for non-state actors, says Zardari"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Asif-Ali-Zardari.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"10532\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/dont-blame-pakistan-for-non-state-actors-says-zardari\/asif-ali-zardari\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/05\/Asif-Ali-Zardari.jpg?fit=192%2C263&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"192,263\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Asif Ali Zardari\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/05\/Asif-Ali-Zardari.jpg?fit=182%2C250&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-10532\" title=\"Asif Ali Zardari\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Asif-Ali-Zardari.jpg?resize=206%2C268&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"206\" height=\"268\" \/><\/a>India should stop blaming Pakistan for the terrorist actions of non-state actors &#8220;, President Asif Ali Zardari told a delegation of Indian jurists which recently returned from a visit to Islamabad.<\/p>\n<p>According to Zardari, India should discriminate between the action of &#8220;non-state actors&#8221; and that of the Pakistan state, said former Supreme Court Bar Association president M.N. Krishnamani, who headed the delegation that returned late last month.<\/p>\n<p>Zardari, Krishnamani told\u00a0 on return, repeatedly made this point, saying New Delhi should not attribute acts of violence and terrorism by &#8220;non-state actors&#8221; to Pakistan or its government.<\/p>\n<p>Zardari&#8217;s argument remains the same as the one he and other Pakistani leaders put forward after Pakistani terrorists sneaked into Mumbai in November 2008 and killed 166 people, mostly Indians.<\/p>\n<p>Krishnamani, senior counsel, visited Pakistan at the head of a team at the invitation of Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhary . The visit took place just a few days before US forces killed Al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden in Abbottabad on May 2.<\/p>\n<p>Amongst those in the delegation were eminent jurists Ram Jethmalani and Rajiv Dhawan.<\/p>\n<p>After talking to policymakers in Islamabad , Krishnamani is of the view that India-Pakistan relations will normalise only when democracy flourishes in that country without the military&#8217;s tentacles.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If there is anything that holds up the resolution of disputes between India and Pakistan, it is their (Pakistan&#8217;s) fragile democracy and military&#8217;s overwhelming control,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If democracy flourishes in Pakistan, then automatically there will be resolution of all issues with India.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Krishnamani said his impression was that Pakistan&#8217;s political leadership was reeling under some &#8220;suffocation&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>The people of Pakistan, he said, realise that it was the army&#8217;s ambitious generals and Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) that do not let democracy blossom.<\/p>\n<p>But the growing assertion by the legal fraternity of Pakistan and the respect it has earned from people give hope that the country would one day emerge from its crisis.<\/p>\n<p>His optimism rests on the successful battle the lawyers of Pakistan waged, forcing then president Pervez Musharraf to retreat and restore Justice Iftikhar Chaudhary as the chief justice.<\/p>\n<p>He said there were many similarities between the legal systems of India and Pakistan, including long delays in disposal of cases, backlog of cases and vacant judicial positions.<\/p>\n<p>Krishnamani was surprised to learn that Pakistan&#8217;s higher judiciary refers to judgments of the Indian apex court on issues involving personal liberty, fundamental rights and human rights.<\/p>\n<p>And while the Indian Supreme Court is revisiting its 1996 judgment in the Bhopal disaster case, Pakistan&#8217;s apex court is revisiting its 1979 ruling that upheld the death sentence given to Zulfikar Ali Bhutto.<\/p>\n<p>Krishnamani has been bowled over by Pakistani hospitality. Whatever may be the irritants between India and Pakistan at the level of the state, &#8220;there is awesome cordiality between the two people&#8221;, he said, echoing a widely held opinion.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There is no air of hatred between the people. We think we Indians are second to none in hospitality but I must say they are a few steps ahead of us.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>India should stop blaming Pakistan for the terrorist actions of non-state actors &#8220;, President Asif Ali Zardari told a delegation of Indian jurists which recently returned from a visit to Islamabad. 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