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Crisis It is the testing time for the Indian democracy as India was severely jolted by the internal and external threats and also by the political crisis during the months of July and August. First it was cash for vote scam them serial bomb blasts and now the rift that has surfaced between Jammu and Kashmir following the Amarnath land issue. Some of the regional parties tried to exploit the issue but soon the situation slipped out of their hands and the most of the agitations in Kashmir were headed by Hurriyat a pro-Pakistani party. In such circumstances these regional parties lost their command over the people of the region. Now they are neither trusted by Kashiris nor by the people of Jammu.

Blockade But the land row has increased the rift between Jammu and Kashmir following the mass agitations in both of the regions. Situation worsened  because of the road blockade between Jammu and Kashmir that severely affected the Kashmir region. Hurriyat and other anti-India elements has exploited the situation by terming the Jammu agitations as an economic blockade of the Kashmir region which is helped by government of India. They are trying to present the  divide between both of the reasons as a rift between Hindus of Jammu and Muslims of Kashmir. It is being projected by them that Jammu agitations are headed by Hindu radicals who have forced the economic blockade of the Kashmir region disrupting the supply of essential goods and life saving medicines.

Results But those people who are closely watching the developments in the region have totally adverse views of the situation. According to them it is not a rift between Muslims and Hindus but a  difference between national and anti-national people of the region. During the agitations in Kashmir tri-color was burnt by the agitators on the other hand agitators in Jammu are agitating against the soft stand of the central and state governments towards the anti- national elements of Kashmir region while holding the tri-colors in hands with full respect. It is not the Hindu agitation but a rising of India against the years of blackmail ship and militancy by the pro-Pakistani elements. It is only the Jammu region if the situation is not handled properly by the government then the agitations will expand to the other parts of India and the central government will have to take hard steps against the pro-Pakistani Kashmiri elements that it had not taken in 1989 when thousands of Hindus were killed and forced to flee from valley.

Crisis It is the history that political situations in Pakistan takes dramatic changes immediately and this time again the same is going to happen very soon. After the elections in Pakistan everyone was expecting that it will bring back the economy to the track and also the political crisis will be solved and dismissed  judges will be restored. But new formed government could not do anything special and the political situation in Pakistan went on deteriorating. On the other hand influence of Islamic fundamentalists has kept on growing that was the cause of concern as its neighboring county Afghanistan is fighting a war with the help of nato forces against Talibani militants who are hiding in the NWFP of Pakistan.

Power Centers After the formation  of new government power had been divided into two parts at the one end was newly elected government and at the other end President Musharaf backed by Military and ISI. Both the power centers were struggling to gain the upper hand. Public was equally frustrated by both of the power centers and was slowly but steadily slipping towards Islamic fundamentalists. For USA and India it was an alarming situation as Pakistan is a nuclear state and if it falls the fundamentalists’ way then it will be a global threat. Pakistani fundamentalists have a history of backing the militancy not only  in India but all over the world.

Peace-Process Now PPP led alliance have decided to clip the wings of President and it is being expected that next week will be crucial in the history of Pakistan as it will decide the fate of the President and the elected  government. India favors a democratic Pakistan. People of both of the countries as well and the elected governments want strong relations between both of the countries that are not possible during the military rule in Pakistan because Pakistani military backed by ISI is directly related to militancy in India and Afghanistan. In such circumstances peace process between both of the nations can not achieve the desired goals. It the present political crisis in Pakistan takes a long time to solve then it will harm the peace process severely as we have seen that nothing substantial have happened after the formation of the new government in Pakistan. For India, There is no difference between a failed Pakistan and military ruled Pakistan as in both situations Islamic fundamentalists gain ground .