INDIA AND PAKISTHAN RELATIONS
India-Pakistan Relations current context terrorism Support to cross-border terrorism has always been an issue between India and Pakistan. India's response in the back drop of recent days, instability in Kashmir, Uri and Pathankot attacks.
The surgical strikes on off-control complicate Indo-Pak relations once again.
Other contemporary and traditional issues
water dispute
The World Bank has recently allowed India to build Kishan ganga and Rane hydroelectric projects. It is important that the World Bank is the arbitrator between the two countries under the Indus Waters Treaty (1960).The issue related to water use and distribution of Indus and its tributaries has always been a cause of dispute between the two countries.This issue once again came into the limelight when the Indian Prime Minister made a statement in this context after the Uri terrorist attackthat 'blood and water cannot go together'.
Balochistan and Gilgit-Baltistan
An important dimension was added to India's Pakistan-related policy when the Indian Prime Minister quoted Balochistan and Gilgit issue in his speech from Red Fort on Independence Day last year.
China's proposed Economic Corridor (connecting Gwadar to the western Chinese region of Xinjiang) passes through this region. Iran-Pakistan There are plans to take the gas pipeline through this area.While India's raising of the Baloch issue is seen as a retaliation for Pakistan's intervention in Kashmir, Indian pressure in the region is an example of India's realistic diplomatic intervention.AfghanistanAfghanistan has become a major area of India-Pakistan dispute. Although it is not part of the official talks between the two.
Afghanistan and India have been accusing Pakistan of supporting Taliban and terrorism. In such a situation, the situation has worsened due to the withdrawal of US forces and Russia's recognition of the Taliban as a legitimate party.Recently, the Indian side and interests have been strengthened by the Trump administration increasing the number of troops in Afghanistan and calling Pakistan a 'safe haven' of terrorism.
Siachen Controversy
Siachen is the highest battlefield in the world. In 1984 (via Operation Meghdoot), India had deployed the army on the glaciers amid the final boundary line disputes in the region.Since the use of valuable resources on the deployment of armies by both countries on the glacier, measures and points of agreement are being explored to deform the glacier.
Sir Creek controversy
Sir Creek is a gas-oil rich estuary located on the Indo-Pakistan border.Its mouth opens into the Arabian Sea and separates the Indo-Gujarat state of India from the Sindh province of Pakistan. Pakistan submits its claim on Sir Creek, which will reduce India's Exclusive Economic Zone by about 250 square miles.
