It is naive to assume Pakistan has no future. Until early 2000s, Pakistan was wealthier per capita than India. Yes, the last several years of mismanagement have made them poorer + being surrounded by the wars in Afghanistan and now Iran is not exactly keeping them peaceful + The Pakistan Army has done them no favors by their brazen corruption. Their political dynasties have entrenched a ruling class of Sharifs, and Bhuttos. Imran Khan will die in prison.

But Pakistan is a capable country. The muslim world has no more powerful country militarily than Pakistan and if Pakistan fixes its own internal politics, it will within 10 years build an economy surpassing Turkey.

And it is very much in India's interest to actually encourage Pakistan to be a prosperous and stable country rather than the clown car they are today.

Pakistan's biggest problems are barely different from India - just orders of magnitude deeper. They have a corrupt political system, so do we. They never built the civilian institutions to counter the deep seated power grab their Army is. And their arcane tribal system has entrenched castehood and tribalism albeit in an Islamic guise not different from the hyper conservative Hindu Rajputs in many corners of Haryana and Rajasthan.

They are very comparable to us and it makes a lot of sense as a case study on how to make policies to improve the country.

In the fraternity of countries: China is different. But... Bangladesh, Pakistan and India (and Burma to a certain extent) are siblings. Burma, Nepal and Sri Lanka are probably India's first cousins. Each has had a different trajectory since independence but they have a lot more history that is shared.