Pakistan's Regional Cooperation Dream: A Delusional Proposal Without India

• Pakistan's Deputy PM Ishaq Dar proposed a new regional body to replace SAARC, hinting at excluding India, despite escalating India-Pakistan tensions.
• The author criticizes Pakistan's proposal as hypocritical, citing its internal political instability, economic failures, human rights abuses (Baloch, Kashmir), and history of sponsoring terrorism against India.
• SAARC became defunct due to Pakistan's actions, specifically the Uri terror attack by Jaish-e-Muhammad, leading India and others to boycott the 2016 summit.
• Any South Asian cooperation framework is impossible without India, given its economic size, stability, and role as a security provider and development partner in the region.
• Other South Asian nations like Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan, Maldives, Afghanistan, and Bangladesh are deeply intertwined with India, making an India-excluded bloc unviable and structurally doomed.

Why It Matters: Pakistan must address internal issues and terrorism; regional cooperation is impossible without India.