♤ Pakistan also was not very enthusiastic about SAARC since its inception as it knew that

SAARC would be dominated by India (due to its sheer size).

7.3.1. Factors Shaping the Agenda: Initial Phase

The initial phase gave shaped the functioning of SAARC future as seen in the following:

♤ No Bilateral Issues: From the very inception of SAARC as an idea, India insisted that it would not agree to the use of any international forum for discussion of bilateral disputes and would prefer to resolve them on a bilateral level only.