Finally India and Pakistan have come to table to reach an agreement for implementing the ceasefire pact reached between the two countries way back in the year 2003 but the same is not sufficient enough to restore permanent peace on border is Jammu & Kashmir state. The idea of peace in Jammu & Kashmir can’t be confined to truce on borders in Jammu & Kashmir which has seen the longest even phase of unrest from June 8 2016 till the announcement of the suspension of operations by Home Minister Rajnath Singh before commencement of the ongoing holy month of Ramadhan. As several Delhi based civil society groups after visiting Jammu & Kashmir dozens of times during last two years of unrest were pressing hard for truce on borders in view of the huge casualties in cross border shelling on either side of the divide in the state the incumbent central government did not show willingness to respond to such demands from the civil society groups even once during the last two years of unrest in Kashmir valley. Finally the incumbent central government did what the Delhi based civil society groups wanted it to do almost one and a half year back but the wounds inflicted by the bullets and pellets on Kashmiri youth during last two years of unrest can’t be healed in short time in Kashmir valley. Had the incumbent central government taken all required measures for the implementation of 2003 ceasefire agreement and suspension of operations against the militants even last year the trend of youth joining militant ranks and civilians thronging encounter sites would have stopped long back.
Extension of the suspension of operations against the militants in Kashmir in presence of a pact on the implementation of 2003 ceasefire agreement is only way to stabilize the atmosphere of peace and security in Jammu & Kashmir particularly the Kashmir valley.
Though during last few days some incidents of grenade throwing have been witnessed in different parts of South Kashmir but situation is not so volatile the central government tends to resume the operations against the militants after the holly month of Ramadhan. Extension of the suspension of operations against the militants in Kashmir in presence of a pact on the implementation of 2003 ceasefire agreement is only way to stabilize the atmosphere of peace and security in Jammu & Kashmir particularly the Kashmir valley.
