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INDIAS POLICYTOWARDSPAKISTAN

NIDA HAYAT

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Foreign p olicy} India is th e second m os t p o pu lo us co un try}

world's m os t-p o pu lo us de m ocracy} and recen tly h as one of th e fas tes t econo m ic

grow th ra tes in th e world.} With th e world's ten th larges t m ilitary

ex p endi tu res and eleven th larges t econo m y} India has a long h istory of collabora tion wi th

several co un tries and is considered a leader of th e develo p ing world

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C on tinue..o India's foreign p olicy h as always regarded th e conce pt of

neig hbor h ood, aro u nd a cen tral axis of h istorical and c u ltu ral co mm onali ties.

} The g u iding p rinci p les of India's Foreign Policy have been fo unded on p rag m a tism and pu rsu it of na tional interes t.

} p ro tec ting India's sovereign ty and terri torial integri ty.

} India's foreign p olicy is a forward -looking engage m en t wi thth e res t of th e world, based on a rigoro u s, realis tic and con te mp orary assess m en t of th e bila teral, regional and global geo -p olitical and econo m ic m ilieu .

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Policy with P akis tan..} In th e 1990 s, India's econo m ic p roble m s and th e

de m ise of th e bi p olar world p olitical syste m forced

India to reassess its foreign p olicy and adj u st its foreign rela tions.

} In th e m id -1990 s, India a tt rac ted th e world a tten tion towards th e alleged Pakis tan -backed terroris m in Kas hm ir.

} The Kargil th e m id -1990 s, India a tt rac ted th e world a tten tion towards th e alleged Pakis tan -backed terroris m in Kas hm ir.

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C on tinue..} After th e Se pt e m ber 11 a tt acks in 2001 , Indian

intelligence agencies p rovided th e U.S. withsignifican t infor m a tion on Al-Q aeda and rela ted gro up s' ac tivities in Pakis tan and Afg h anis tan.

} India's ex tensive con tribut ion to th e War on Terroris m , co up led with a su rge in its econo m y, h as h el p ed India's di p lo m a tic rela tions with several co un tries

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Develo pm en t since 2004 ..} Violen t ac tivities in th e region declined in 2004 . There are two m ain

reasons for th is:

} war m ing of rela tions be tween New Del h i and Isla m abad w h ic hconseq uen tly lead to a ceasefire be tween th e two co un tries in 2003

} and th e fencing of th e LOC being carried o ut by th e Indian Ar m y.

} Moreover, co m ing under intense interna tional p ress u re, Isla m abad was co mp elled to take ac tions agains t th e m ilitan ts' training ca mp s

on its terri tory. } In 2004 , th e two co un tries also agreed up on decreasing th e

num ber of troo p s p resen t in th e region.

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C on tinue..} In th e Kas hm ir ear th q uake in 2005 , India sen t

aid to affec ted areas in Pakis tani Kas hm ir &

Pu njab as well as Indian Kas hm ir } in 2008 fu r th er reflec ts increasing eagerness

a m ong th e two sides to imp rove rela tions

} Tho ug h bila teral trade be tween India and Pakis tan was a m odes t US$1 .7 billion in Marc h200 7, it is ex p ec ted to cross US$10 billion by 2010 .

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Presen t rela tions..} The recen t t error a tt acks in Mum bai, however, have serio usly

under m ined th e rela tions be tween th e two co un tries.

} India is alleging Pakis tan of harboring m ilitan ts on th eir soil, w h ile Pakis tan ve he m en tly denies suc h clai m s.

} Rela tions are c u rren tly ha mp ered since India has sen t a list of 40alleged fugi tive in vario us terror strikes to Pakis tan, ex p ec ting th e handover of th e said 40 p eo p le to th e Indian G overn m en t.

} Pakis tan, on th e o th er hand, has o p enly declared to be having no

inten tions w ha tsoever of doing th e above said ex tradi tion.

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C on tinue} There is no c h ange in India s p olicy

towards Pakis tan since th e Nove m ber 2008 t erroris t a tt acks in Mum bai.

} Terroris m was, is and will con tinu e to re m ain th e m ajor concern for India.

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Indian hos tility towards Pakis tan} So uth A sia ex p er t Ste ph en C o h en of

Was h ing ton s Brookings Ins titut ion recen tly told h is a u dience:

} N o t a few Indian generals and stra tegis ts have told m e th a t if only Am erica wo u ld strip P akis tan of its n uclear wea p ons th en th e Indian ar m y co u ld des troy th e Pakis tan ar m y and th e w h ole th ing wo u ld be over.

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