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Indian Foreign Secretary Shiv Shankar Menon and his Pakistani counterpart Riaz Mohammad Khan are hoped to set up a joint panel to combat terrorism.

But Pak has been bust already by the USA,who threatened to send it back to the stone ages, a threat still there AFAIK. It is now also being dunned needlessly by Iran, which seems to feel itself the USA of the region, for more money for electricity etc. etc. Guess who Iran is likely to 'send back to the stone ages' if it gets nukes. (do not guess Israel, as Israel would win a war) What a miserable state Pak is in!

Pakistan has a lot of problems - keeping up with India’s much larger military is an impossible drain on the country’s resources, and the rivalry distracts the government of Gen. Pervez Musharraf from more pressing domestic matters, namely keeping Islamic extremists in check. As for Kashmir - theory and rants aside, those Kashmiris just don't want to know a rubbish tip like Pakistan.

IMO: Pak actually has only one friend and that is "mother India". The sooner Pak realises that, cuts out the bravado and pursues measures, such as anti-terror measures, which will help itself and India, the better for us all.