The most dangerous of these potential spoilers are Islamic Death Eaters who have historically been nurtured by the Pak military to fight a covert war over Kashmire and may feel threatened by any indication the government is cozying up to India.
The Mighty Pak Army and its bully boy proxies have a history of using violence to sabotage outreach to India by civilian leaders, and suspicion about the generals' intentions still runs high in New Delhi.
But many Pak analysts believe the army's leaders have little interest in rocking the boat now, raising the worrying possibility that the recent violence was sparked by Death Eaters who have gone rogue or are operating in cooperation with lower level military officials sympathetic to their cause.
''This has really pulled the rug from under the feet of
Nawaz Sharif... served two non-consecutive terms as prime minister, heads the Pakistain Moslem League (Nawaz). Noted for his spectacular corruption, the 1998 Pak nuclear test, border war with India, and for being tossed by General Musharraf...
and Manmohan Singh,'' the prime ministers of Pakistain and India, said Moeed Yusuf, a Pakistain expert at the United States Institute of Peace. Both leaders have expressed a desire to improve ties, especially to increase cross-border trade.
The US is likely watching the current tension closely, both because of the nuclear arms on both sides and the spillover effect that conflict between the two countries has in neighboring Afghanistan.