{"id":6170,"date":"2025-08-31T09:40:04","date_gmt":"2025-08-31T09:40:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/pok-former-president-warns-islamabad-on-india-china-thaw-dont-overreact-but\/"},"modified":"2025-08-31T09:40:04","modified_gmt":"2025-08-31T09:40:04","slug":"pok-former-president-warns-islamabad-on-india-china-thaw-dont-overreact-but","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/pok-former-president-warns-islamabad-on-india-china-thaw-dont-overreact-but\/","title":{"rendered":"PoK former President warns Islamabad on India-China thaw: \u2018Don\u2019t overreact but&#8230;\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>In a major geo-political recalibration, Prime Minister Narendra Modi met Chinese President Xi Jinping on Sunday in the Chinese city of Tianjin, adding momentum to an Indo-Sino thaw. While analysts hail the meeting as a key development, especially in the shadow of Trump&rsquo;s tariff on India, the spotlight is also on how Pakistan, a Chinese ally, would react to the move.<\/p>\n<p>While Islamabad has yet to officially respond to the event so far, the former president of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) has called on Islamabad to be vigilant about the new development. Masood Khan, a former ambassador of Pakistan to the US, UN, and China, attempts to downplay India&rsquo;s current &nbsp;rapprochement to China as just &ldquo;tactical manoeuvring rather than a tectonic shift in the global order.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>In the piece that appeared in Geo News, Khan argues that India and China remain competitors. &ldquo;Only after the conclusion &mdash; or collapse &mdash; of India-US tariff talks will the durability of India&rsquo;s tilt toward China become clear,&rdquo; he claims.<\/p>\n<p>Khan then goes on to warn Islamabad, calling on it to remain vigilant. He says Pakistan has no reason to be worried about the Sino-India thaw. &ldquo;But vigilance remains essential. Even during periods of Sino-Indian friction, New Delhi sought to obstruct Chinese loans to Pakistan under various pretexts,&rdquo; he says, adding that the pattern may persist. &ldquo;For Islamabad, the prudent course is to monitor dynamics carefully without overreacting,&rdquo; he writes.<\/p>\n<p>Reasserting that Pakistan has no reason to worry, Khan goes on to state that India is just manoeuvring between great powers rather than genuine reconciliation with China. &ldquo;Beijing&rsquo;s engagement with New Delhi is unlikely to dilute its strategic partnership with Pakistan,&rdquo; Khan says in a bid to allay fears.<\/p>\n<p>He says Beijing&rsquo;s interest in New Delhi is to &ldquo;enhance regional influence and chip away at Washington&rsquo;s hold on New Delhi,&rdquo; while for India, it is &ldquo;leverage in tariff disputes with the US.&rdquo; &nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"internal-linking-related-contents\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/12-weeks-jail-for-school-it-support-technician-who-took-upskirt-videos-of-teachers\/\" class=\"template-1\"><span class=\"cta\">News :<\/span><span class=\"postTitle\">&lt;div&gt;12 weeks' jail for school IT support technician who took upskirt videos of teachers&lt;\/div&gt;<\/span><\/a><\/div><p>He says Pakistan has to &ldquo;remain watchful yet confident&rdquo;. &ldquo;Its ties with China are much deeper and strategic, while its renewed partnership with Washington has created a favourable balance and a new space,&rdquo; he argues.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><sub>PoK former President warns Islamabad on India-China thaw: &lsquo;Don&rsquo;t overreact but&hellip;&rsquo;<\/sub><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a major geo-political recalibration, Prime Minister Narendra Modi met Chinese President Xi Jinping on Sunday in the Chinese city of Tianjin, adding momentum to an Indo-Sino thaw. While analysts hail the meeting as a key development, especially in the shadow of Trump&rsquo;s tariff on India, the spotlight is also on how Pakistan, a Chinese&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/pok-former-president-warns-islamabad-on-india-china-thaw-dont-overreact-but\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;PoK former President warns Islamabad on India-China thaw: \u2018Don\u2019t overreact but&#8230;\u2019&rdquo;<\/span> &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6171,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6170","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6170","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6170"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6170\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6171"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6170"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6170"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6170"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}