Pakistan’s Taliban obsession turns into the ultimate blow for an already dying SAARC

The assembly of the annual SAARC international ministers’ scheduled for September 25 received cancelled after majority member states refused to entertain Pakistan’s request to permit the participation of Taliban regime to symbolize battle torn Afghanistan within the assembly.(PC: Telegraph India)Pakistan’s obsession over Taliban Although, the Imran Khan-led Pakistan authorities insisted the member states to permit the Taliban regime to ship a consultant on the SAARC international ministers’ annual meet, Pakistan’s demand was unanimously opposed by all SAARC member international locations, as per stories. The assembly was to happen on the sidelines of the 76th Session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA) in New York. It is essential to notice that Pakistan had tried to legitimize Taliban invasion over Afghanistan on many grounds.  Pakistan has at all times denied offering assist for Taliban regardless of being accused by international powers such because the USA.Even when the Taliban seized energy in Afghanistan 20 years in the past, Pakistan was one of many few international locations to formally acknowledge the brutal Taliban regime. History repeated with the seize of Kabul final month, when the Pakistani PM Imran Khan declared that Taliban was “breaking the chains of slavery” – this displays the well-known hypocrisy of the Pakistan authorities.Read extra: Kashmir lockdown should finish to comprise coronavirus,’ Pakistan embarrasses itself at SAARC meetingSAARC is already sinking due to PakistanSAARC was based in 1985 in Dhaka as a regional intergovernmental group and geopolitical union of states in South Asia. It aimed in direction of regional development by opening up markets and accelerating financial and social progress. However, time has proved fairly the alternative. After 2014, The SAARC summits have been stalled as a mark of resistance in direction of the Pakistani authorities, which has been alleged over time to be a sponsor of terrorism and nurturing terrorists within the area. The Indian exterior affairs minister S. Jaishankar additionally claimed that it’s Pakistan is chargeable for the stalled progress of SAARC.Read extra: Not the suitable time,’ India’s good friend Maldives simply kicked Pakistan’s SAARC dream into oblivionThis additional created a way of mistrust amongst a number of principal actors of the group which lastly resulted in virtually paralyzing the group to attain its aims that had been beforehand set. The nineteenth SAARC summit dated 15-19 November, 2016 was a scheduled diplomatic convention, which was initially deliberate to be held in Islamabad however received cancelled after an assault on Indian military camp in Kashmir. India introduced its boycott of the summit, accusing Pakistan’s involvement within the assault. Eventually Bangladesh, Afghanistan, Bhutan, Sri Lanka and Maldives additionally pulled out of the summit and referred to as for an indefinite postponement.BIMSTEC as a substitute for SAARCThe Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) is a global organisation of seven South Asian and Southeast Asian nations, its member states constitutes- Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka, and Thailand. The failure of SAARC to nurture cooperation in South Asia has pushed regional gamers to seek for an alternate.  BIMSTEC, grouping the nations within the Bay of Bengal area, is popularly favored because the viable and rational different to SAARC the place regional co-operation will be furthered with out the bilateral baggage that comes with Pakistan’s involvement in SAARC.Read extra: India invitations BIMSTEC leaders to PM Modi’s swearing-in ceremonyThus, it’s clear that Pakistan’s timeless assist for Taliban has already triggered member international locations to isolate from the group, as no person desires to get entangled within the Afghanistan-Taliban Nexus. Pakistan attempting to legitimize and contain Taliban within the summit might grow to be the ultimate blow for an already dying SAARC.