Pakistan Army chief General Bajwa backs talks, even as India hangs tough

General Bajwa has more unambiguously than any army chief since Musharraf signalled that the Pakistan Army would back a peace process with India

Sources close to the Pakistani military say New Delhi is missing an opportunity to engage Islamabad in dialogue that would have the full backing of Pakistan’s powerful army chief, General Qamar Javed Bajwa.  The sources say India is under-reading two unambiguously positive signals that Bajwa has choreographed in recent months. Instead, New Delhi, especially the Indian Army, is focusing on tactical aspects like ceasefire violations on the Line of Control (LoC) and infiltration of militants, which have little to do with strategic issues like dialogue resumption.

Restarting dialogue, these sources point out, would automatically calm the LoC and reduce