Well, it is Christmas.
"no breakthrough is expected anytime soon"
The f***ing box is empty?
"Pakistan upgrades trade ties to India; Islamabad gives most favored status to its rival" November 03, 2011|By Munir Ahmed, Associated Press
ISLAMABAD - Pakistan’s government announced yesterday that it would normalize trade with its giant rival and neighbor India, a sign of better ties between two nuclear-armed nations whose tense relations have long poisoned South Asia....
Time for some sort of false-flag terror attack then (sigh). USrael needs India against Iran and Pakistan.
Pakistan and India have fought three wars since they were carved off from each other in 1947, with the disputed status of Kashmir the primary flashpoint. Both countries claim all of Kashmir.
Oh, my, look what we DID FIND!!!!
I'm shocked every time I see the long-forgotten place in print.
India has also has been hit by terror attacks by militants trained in Pakistan, allegedly with the support of the Pakistan’s military. An attack in 2008 in Mumbai by Pakistani terrorists froze a slow-moving peace process that has only recently begun again.
Yeah, I made the above comment after past experience.
Despite the move by Pakistan yesterday, no breakthrough is expected anytime soon in one of the world’s most intractable conflicts....
Then this is a nothing article?
Islamist groups and nationalists reared on hatred of mostly Hindu India complained that “trading with the enemy’’ was a concession to New Delhi that should be resisted.
“Any move to enhance trade ties with India without solving the issue of Kashmir is an exercise in futility,’’ said Hafiz Hussain Ahmed, from the hardline Islamist Jamiat Ulema Islam party. “Why is the government granting MFN status to a country that has destabilized Pakistan?’’
I must have missed the hate part.
Pakistan’s information minister, Firdous Ashiq Awan, said that Pakistan has similar agreements with 100 other countries. “Pakistan would continue to extend moral and diplomatic support to the Kashmiri people,’’ he said. “The new trade agreement would not affect the cause of Kashmir.’’
The decision to normalize trade appears to reflect a slight relaxing of its attitude toward New Delhi.
The Pakistani army’s obsession with the threat posed by India is widely believed to be its rationale for allegedly supporting Islamist militants fighting in Afghanistan. It fears a pro-India Afghanistan and is keeping the militants as proxies to counter that, analysts said.
Look, Pakistan got propaganda for a present from the Globe.
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