International community must rein in IndiaIt was a wise decision by Imran Khan to release the Indian pilot Abhinandan. International pressure would have forced Pakistan to release the pilot sooner than later. This would have provided an opportunity to BJP government to claim that the release had come due to the tough stand taken by PM Modi thus strengthening the BJP’s position in the coming elections. Pakistan can now claim it had released the PoW voluntarily as a gesture of goodwill, thus putting Modi on the back foot. Despite the olive branch offered by Pakistan, the BJP government is in no mood to de-escalate the tension by holding talks with Pakistan.

Source: Pakistan Today March 03, 2019 07:52 UTC