A study on Pakistan and Indian Relationships - volume 1

1. Pakistan & India Relationships
Pakistani Politicians and Civil society
Studied by: Syed Zeshan Zahoor

2. Disclaimer
 The study of this topic does mean that I have prejudice against any political leader, rather
I will keep adding main Pakistani Political leaders, civil society leaders etc.
 The study would clarify that leaders have changed the stance over time – only after
realizing the losses incurred Or due to International pressures
 It will also prove that Political Leadership has mostly tried to find peaceful solutions
between the two countries – but it will also tell that military dictators have also had some
promising talks.

3. It started because of this ……

4. Highs and Lows in Relationship ….
Red
 1947/48 - The first Indo-Pak war over
Kashmir is fought
 1964 - Following the failure of the 1963
talks, Pakistan refers the Kashmir case to
the UN Security Council
 1965 - India and Pakistan fight their
second war
 1971 - India and Pakistan go to war a
third time, this time over East Pakistan
White
 1966 - Indian Prime Minister Lal Bahdaur
Shastri and Pakistani President Ayub Khan
sign an agreement at Tashkent
 1972 - Zulifiqar Ali Bhutto and Indira
Gandhi sign an agreement in the Indian
town of Simla
 1988 - The two countries sign an
agreement that neither side will attack
the other's nuclear installations or facilities

5. Red
 1989 - Armed resistance to Indian rule in
the Kashmir valley begins
 1996 - Following a series of clashes,
military officers from both countries meet
at the LoC in order to ease tensions
 1999 – Kargil Issue
 2001 - Tensions along the Line of Control
remain high
White
 1991 - The two countries sign agreements
on providing advance notification of
military exercises
 1992 - A joint declaration prohibiting the
use of chemical weapons is signed in
New Delhi
 1999 - Atal Bihari Vajpayee meets with
Nawaz Sharif, to sign the Lahore
Declaration

6. Red White
 2003 - After Musharraf calls for a ceasefire
along the LoC during a UN General
Assembly meeting in September
 2004 - Vajpayee and Musharraf hold
direct talks at the 12th SAARC summit in
Islamabad
 2006 - Musharraf and Prime Minister Singh
agree to put into place an Indo-Pak
institutional anti-terrorism mechanism.

7. PTI and Imran Khan on Indo-Pak Relations
“I grew up hating India because I grew up in Lahore and there were massacres of
1947, so much bloodshed and anger. But as I started touring India, I got such love
and friendship there that all this disappeared,” Khan said.
“As time passed, I realised that there's so much we have in common. We have a
similar history, there's so much in culture that's so similar compared to Western
countries. Above all, there is so much the people of two countries (can) benefit
from if we have a civilised relationship,” he added.
Khan said: “Absolutely, I have no prejudice against any country, and more
specifically, India.”
Nov 14, 2011 - interview with CNN-IBN
REF: http://www.dawn.com/news/673201/i-grew-up-hating-india-imran-khan

8. Nuclear Power Plants on Pak-India Border
Khan used the occasion to make a strong pitch for the revival of peace talks
and resolution of the Kashmir issue. He said it would be a good idea for India
and Pakistan to run a civil nuclear plant along the border jointly, for enlarging
the constituency for peace.
It should be "owned and operated jointly by the two countries and should be
supplying power to both countries," he said.
Drawing heavily from the experiences of post-World War II Europe, where once
warring countries are now living in peace, Khan said coal and steel plants along
the border have always enlarged the constituency of peace.
December, 2013
REF: http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/imran-khan-says-pakistan-not-worried-about-
bjp-modi-coming-to-power-in-india/1/328455.html

9. Un-hindered Drive!
Imran, who is on a visit to the Capital, said he favoured a European Union-like
arrangement between India and Pakistan with free flow of people.
Taking part in an interactive session organised by the All India Management
Association, Imran said he hopes of driving down from Lahore to Delhi unhindered.
REF: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/indiahome/indianews/article-2520024/Imran-Khan-expresses-
doubts-future-India-Pakistan-peace-process.html

10. Shafqat Mehmoods Walks In too ….
Shafqat Mahmood, Central Information Secretary, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf,
Pakistan, the party led by Imran Khan, has called for “an entirely new
relationship with India” based on mutual trust, free trade and people-to-people
contacts. Mahmood said both sides have a basis for moving forward on the key
contentious issues: “Kashmir can be resolved, Siachen can be resolved, Sir Creek
can be resolved, even water can be resolved – but there has to be strong
political leadership.”
…..
Referring to regional trade, Mahmood said, “We feel it is in our national interest
to have a strong trading relationship with India.” …..
Nov 2012 - Gurgaon, India
REF: http://www.weforum.org/news/imran-khan-s-party-seeks-new-relationship-between-
pakistan-and-india

11. IK with Karan Thapar
Nov 2011 -Interview with Karan Thapar
Interview Ref:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UNN1Zfy4XE0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJvomNq_0vs -
http://lubpak.com/archives/63006#sthash.P19Y5TzP.dpuf

12. Benazir Bhutto
Pakistan – India Relations

13. Benzair on India Today
 http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/benazir-bhutto-to-end-the-war-on-terrorism-says-in-india-
today-conclave/1/155897.html

14. Kashmir, Trade ….
 While working out the solution to Kashmir, we should not allow slow progress on the issue to
be an obstacle to work in other co-operative matters. There are several ways to reinvent
our relations. These include through economic integration and trade, business co-operation,
media ex-changes, transportation links between our two countries, the energy
requirements of our economies, sports and entertainment events, cooperation in
information technology, peaceful uses of nuclear energy, in medicine, education and
agriculture
 Let us remember that economic integration and trade brought Europe the peace and
prosperity it has enjoyed since the end of World War II. That is the kind of future that awaits
our people if only we can reinvent our relations.
April 9, 2007 - Benazir Bhutto on Indo-Pak relations at India Today Conclave 2007

15. Military, India Peace talks
 I believe that Indo-Pak relations can be creatively re-invented. We have a choice to write
a success story of free markets, liberty, human rights, gender equality, common values of
tolerance and understanding.
 We know now that there is a consensus amongst the political parties of India and Pakistan,
between our military and security establishments that peace must be established.
 I welcome the decision by both India and Pakistan to work together on anti-terrorism
efforts and to share information in this regard. This is a positive step forward.
 Today, it is very satisfying for those of us who envisaged open borders, trade and travel
between India and Pakistan before it became fashionable, to witness the Pakistani military
dictatorship sign on to the peace process and commit itself to resolving issues with India
peacefully, without prejudice to our differing views on Kashmir.

16. Back in 1994/95 It was quite different
 You know, she answered, you have to understand the Pakistani point of view on Kashmir. If
one goes by the logic of Partition, then at least the Kashmir valley, which is in great
majority Muslim - and it should be emphasised that for long the Hindus Pandits in Kashmir
exploited and dominated the Muslims, who are getting back at them today - should have
reverted to Pakistan. But let us say that officially we want to help grant Kashmiris their right
to self-determination
 Yes and I hate him, and God the Almighty already punished him for that, said Benazir
(alluding to Zia’s death in a plane crash). But Zia did one thing right, he started the whole
policy of proxy war by supporting the separatist movements in Punjab and Kashmir, as a
way of getting back at India.

17. Can you believe it? 95 To 2007 – Evolution?
 - - We in Europe have united in a Common Market, why don’t Pakistan and India forget
their differences and form some kind of confederation with other South Asia countries,
instead of killing each other?
- - Pakistan and India were never one country, answered the imperious lady. They were
only kept together by force, whether by Mauryan, Moghul or British rule. Hindus have
recognised the reality of Islam, and we needed our own country to feel free.
Ref: http://www.francoisgautier.com/remembering-the-kashmiri-pandits-the-role-of-benazir-bhutto-
2/
http://www.francoisgautier.com/benazir-and-india/