Kartarpur Corridor&attack on Chinese consult; Is India behind attack?

Hassan Khan
The attack on Chinese Consulate in Karachi on Friday, just a day after India agrees to Pakistani proposal of opening the Kartarpur Corridor to facilitate the Sikhs pilgrims, has lead to many questions.
The incident hinted at the usual practice of saboteurs who always resort to such terrorist strikes whenever there is any positive development between India and Pakistan.
The group that claimed responsibility for the attack – known as Baluchistan Liberation Army – BLA has long been known to have relations with India intelligence agency RAW. The Indian prime minister Narender Modi and Indian National Security adviser Ajeet Davol has a number of times threatened Pakistan of being hit at Baluchistan front - if what they accused- Islamabad did not stop support to the Kashmiris freedom fighters.
The timing and the target of the attack is quite intriguing and seem to be done quite intelligently. Of the timing; Pakistan’s offer of Kartarpur corridor in August this year has been accepted by the Modi administration after lapse of months. While the target is the Chinese diplomats. Pakistan and China has come very close to each other, and the latter is investing billions of dollars in Pakistan on the CPEC projects.

Of the timing and the Kartarpur corridor opening; many in India believed the Indian administration has accepted the Pakistan proposal Kartarpur corridor with a heavy heart. Initially, New Delhi tried to put the issue under the carpet and kept silence over the proposal for months.
However, as national elections are around the corner in India, so it was not possible for Modi administration to annoy the Punjab population, largely comprising of the followers of Sikh religion. And Modi's Bahartia Janta Party does not want to loose the Sikhs votes in the parliamentary elections.

Then the patron of the attack is quite usual. We see in the recent past that whenever there is any good or positive development between India and Pakistan certain bad incidents happen. This sabotage all the good work consummated over the period of years by official of both the countries.
Right from the starting of composite dialogue to comprehensive talks to meeting of foreign ministers of India and Pakistan at the UN general assembly every move is followed by terrorist attacks in either country.
Now the question is whether BLA – which has accepted the responsibility for attack and has the alleged support of Indian intelligence agency- has done the act on behest of RAW or has acted on its own? However, its a fact that the good well created between the two nations following agreements on Kartarpur corridor just days before is dented and there is fear of the both the countries going to square one?
But if Kartarpur corridor is not a target then most probably India wanted to present Pakistan to the world as unsafe country and a good destination for investors? Or India - as it has already expressed apprehensions over the project of CPEC- wanted to create rifts between Pakistan and China – by targeting Chinese interests- so that the Chinese withdrew their investment from Pakistan.
The Indian government has no doubt condemned the attack on Chinese consulate, however, it is up to Pakistan what course its taking in the emerging situation. In the past Pakistan has also condemned such terrorist attacks in India, however, in return Indian government did not stop accusing Pakistan for being involved in the criminal acts.
God forbids if Pakistan blamed India for the terrorist attack it may damage the progress so far made on the Kartarpur corridor.
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