Trading for trust In first few years after indepe ndence‚ 60% of Pakist an’s total trade was with India‚ today it is less than 3%. By Farooq Tirmizi Published: September 23‚ 2012 In first few years after independence‚ 60% of Pakistan’s total trade was with India‚ today it is less than 3%. It is one of the most ridiculous sights in the world: at the Wagah border crossing that links Pakistan to India‚ several trucks stand on the Pakistani side‚ with labourers unloading 50-kilogramme sacks of cement
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MILESTONES: 1961-1968 The India-Pakistan War of 1965 The 1965 war between India and Pakistan was the second conflict between the two countries over the status of the state of Jammu and Kashmir. The clash did not resolve this dispute‚ but it did engage the United States and the Soviet Union in ways that would have important implications for subsequent superpower involvement in the region. Life Magazine cover depicting India-Pakistan War The dispute over this region originated in the process
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Fall of National Pride National pride is best understood in the inflated sense that one’s nation is the best‚ often because it is more consecrated and superior than other nations. Somehow our concept of national pride got warped with the early demise of our Founding Father and the inept leadership that followed the notion of collective pride in being Pakistanis and set about developing individual vanity. A conflict of identity‚ multitude corruption scandals‚ politics infested with corrupt politicians
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understand‚ and the various parties involved all have different priorities when it comes to the issue. In the next paragraphs I will be covering India and Pakistan’s main priorities surrounding the dispute. Then I will continue to shed light on the main priorities of people who are closely affected by the conflict. Even though the 50 year war between India and Pakistan has devastated both countries in many ways; their main focus remains on Kashmir. It is obvious that the wellbeing of their devastated
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stems from Pakistan and India‚ which both claimed the sovereignty over this region‚ leading to dramatic consequences over the decades on the Kashmir inhabitants and on the economy. The conflict‚ rooted in the history‚ has impacted roughly the region‚ and a close solution seems uncertain. After the British departure from India‚ the country was divided in three parts‚ according to the main religion: Pakistan and Bangladesh which are mainly inhabited by Muslim people whereas India has a Hindu majority
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Racial arrogance - on the part of the British created resentment by Indians. They were treated as second-class citizens and were given only the poorest jobs. British in positions of power‚ such as General Mayo (Viceroy of India) openly made statements of racial superiority. Educated Indian professionals - felt they were denied equal opportunities within the "machinery" of British rule (such as the Indian Civil Service). They founded a nationalist movement that initially sought equal status for
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history have had a significant impact on both the countries and the regions of the migrated. The migrations of the Hindus and Muslims between Pakistan and India and also the Africans to Americas‚ has caused influential change. The migrations both caused change yet‚ they were very unique from each other. The migrations between Pakistan and India were almost all voluntary. Ghandi‚ a forerunner for Indian independence‚ hoped the Muslims and Hindus could eventually unite in one country. However‚ chaos
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was a smoke screen to hide the genocide that was being committed on the Bengali people‚ from the Pakistan government. Over three million people were killed and over fifteen million people were displaced and seeking refuge in the nearby country of India for protection. The United Nations failed to act reasonable during the Bangladesh genocide in 1971 which resulted in long lasting negative impacts on the country such as the
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into two countries. A Muslim dominated‚ Pakistan and a Hindu dominated‚ India. Surprisingly‚ it was the first time that nations were being partitioned on the basis of religion. The partition led to many problems between the two countries. One such issue was the conflict over the state of Kashmir. The dispute over Kashmir has dogged relations between India and Pakistan since the states were created by the partition of British India in 1947. The two countries have fought three wars (in 1947-48‚ 1965 and
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granted India its independence‚ Mohammed Ali Jinnah wanted a separate country for Muslim majority ares of India. So the erstwhile British Empire of India was split into West Paksitan‚ India and East Pakistan. There were around five hundred princely states in India that were given the choice of joining the Paksitani union or the Indian union. Kashmir was ruled by a Hindu King of the dogra dynasty‚ and was given a choice to join either state. While he was dithering between joining India or becoming
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