Elephants don't dance.

"Pakistan ranks second in the Global Terrorism Index 2025, with the number of deaths in terrorist attacks rising by 45% over the past year to 1,081." "The most deaths from terrorism were in Burkina Faso, Pakistan and Syria." All Muslim majority countries. "The banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) emerged as the fastest-growing terrorist group, with 90% increase in attributed deaths." "The report says Pakistan has experienced a significant rise in terrorism since the Taliban's rise to power in Afghanistan." Dawn. The Taliban was spawned by Pakistan. "Pakistan has been intimately associated with the Taliban since its birth in the mid-1990s. The ISI (Inter-Services Intelligence) provided support to Mullah Omar when he founded the organisation in Kandahar." "After 9/11, American and allied forces intervened in Afghanistan, defeating the Islamic Emirate." Mullah Omar settled in Quetta and "began rebuilding his Taliban in exile". "Pakistan gave it critical help and assistance. Without it, the Taliban would never have recovered." Brookings. In 2021, "Pakistan's Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) has announced celebrations and prayers...across the country on the withdrawal of US troops in Afghanistan." "The Jamaat-e-Islami was formed in 1941 under the leadership of Moulana Abdul Allah Mahdoodi, with its headquarters in Lahore." HT. Celebrations have been followed by death. It is so bad that Pakistan is now bombing friend Afghanistan. "A series of Pakistani air strikes on the Barmal district of Paktika province in Afghanistan has resulted in the death of at least 15 people, including women and children, with the count expected to rise." "The Taliban Ministry of Defence has vowed to retaliate." NDTV. Meanwhile, "According to a Global Times report, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi stated, 'China has always believed that being mutually supportive partners and achieving the 'Dragon and Elephant Dance' is the only correct choice for both sides'." ET. Oh,yes. Just like the "Chinese like to affectionately call Pakistani friends 'iron brothers' while Pakistanis are used to describing Pakistan-China friendship as 'higher than the mountains, deeper than the sea, sweeter than honey and harder than steel'." CIIS. Meanwhile, 'sweeter than honey' China has built the New Gwadar International Airport at a cost of $240 million. "An airport with a 400,000 passenger capacity isn't a priority for the city's 90,000 people." Who are desperately poor. TOI. Just as China built the Hambantota Port at a cost of $1.4 billion, a $15.5 million conference center and an airport at a cost of $200 million, bankrupting Sri Lanka into defaulting on its debts. TNIE. India should politely decline to dance with the Dragon. "I don't want to dance,..I'll never do anything to hurt you, though the feeling is bad, the feeling is bad" (Eddy Grant). The elephant is peaceful. The dragon breathes flames. May it be consumed in its own fire.