Future of India Pakistan Relationship By Deepak Parvatiyar August 21, 2014 The relations between India and Pakistan have received a setback with the recent meeting between the Pakistani High Commissioner Abdul Basit and the Hurriyat leaders. What could be the agenda of their talks at a time when the political situation in Pakistan is fluid? This question assumes significance in the wake of a recent statement made by Indian Defence Minister Arun Jaitley during his visit to the forward posts — “Pakistan and powers within that country do not want Indo-Pak ties to be normal.” Pakistan’s Kashmir Fixation Whenever there has been political uncertainty in Pakistan, it rakes up the Kashmir issue as a diversionary tactic. The country’s Kashmir obsession is only well known. It has fought and lost wars over Kashmir. Only recently, on the occasion of Pakistan’s Independence Day celebration, Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif reiterated what Pakistan has all along been saying t
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