Pakistan, March 18 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi's recent claims of championing regional stability ring hollow against India's decades-long record of derailing peace. The Foreign Office has rightly condemned his remarks as "misleading and one-sided," but the world must confront the systemic sabotage of peace efforts initiated by Islamabad. From diplomacy to development, belligerence has turned South Asia into a graveyard of unrealized potential.

Consider the Kartarpur Corridor, unveiled in 2019 to grant Sikh pilgrims visa-free access to their holy shrine. Despite facilitating over 100,000 visits by 2023, New Delhi responded with bureaucratic hurdles; slashing pilgrim quotas, imposing exorbitant fees, and peddling unverified "security t...