This was not the endgame at all. I think MEA itself said officially "step in right direction"...lol
Next step is to get the blacklist at FATF....this will cost est. 10 billion a year, thats like 3.5% of their economy each year when they are struggling to grow just few %. Push for that, so at least grey list is maintained at worst....i.e do whats needed (within reason) for KSA/arabs to keep their vote as it is (I think this is part of reason India approaching Iran sanction issue with US in muted fashion).
Work IMF pressure angle in mean time too. Keep adding market cap, GDP at multiple levels of Pakistan whole economy....keep strengthening the institutions long term.
On other fronts, keep them on simmer and boil as needed (to get the knee jerk painful self inflicted stuff like airspace closure and maritime wariness etc inside Pakistan as much as possible)...as
@Falcon has posted lot of times in this thread already. The response ladder is now shifted and established and will need to be checked for where its strong and weak to use appropriately with time. When they are least expecting it, go ahead and do something pro-active etc after election fervour etc.
India needs to seriously grow its diplomat corps though, it is very lacking in view of our size, reach and soft power projection. That must be a big priority for next govt...to at least dbl or triple it in 5 years time.
