Pak security, Indian opportunity

NSP contains clues for improving relations

Pakistan’s National Security Policy (NSP), an abridged version of which was officially released late last week, offers the first comprehensive view of the political-military-intelligence establishment’s approach to its internal and external challenges at a critical juncture in its 75-year existence. The 110-page document, which was cleared by the Pakistani Cabinet on December 28, is valid for the five-year period 2022-2026 and subject to annual revisions. But the fact that the policy has been in the works since 2014 suggests that it represents a distillation of rigorously debated and considered views of all stakeholders and power players. For this reason, the