Pahalgam attack plunged Indo-Pak ties from minimal stability to deep crisis: Ex Envoy TCA Raghavan

Former Indian high commissioner to Pakistan TCA Raghavan described the current state of India-Pakistan relations following the Pahalgam terrorist attack as “potentially very dangerous” and said that the incident has plunged the bilateral ties between the two countries from minimal stability to a “deep crisis”. Talking to PTI on the sidelines of the recently concluded Nainital Literature Festival (NLF), Raghavan stressed that “one cannot underestimate the seriousness” of the current situation.

“These were innocent tourists who were mercilessly killed, gunned down. So, in that sense, it is very reminiscent of the Mumbai terrorist attack, when many more people lost their lives, or it is like the situation after the Parliament attack.

“It is most unfortunate that a major terrorist attack such as this has plunged India-Pakistan relations from a period of minimum stability — but nevertheless stability — into a deep crisis,” Raghavan said.

The former diplomat served as India’s high commissioner to Pakistan from June 6, 2013 till his retirement on December 31, 2015.