1.2. India-Pakistan Relations A Framework: Dialogue-Disruption- Dialogue

♤ The relations between India and Pakistan are marked by divergent narratives starting with the very beginning of these countries as independent nations in 1947 in the backdrop of the colonial rule, the two nation theory and the partition of India. This had made it difficult to reconcile positions on issues ranging from territory (J&K), boundaries (Sir Creek and Siachen) and Security (Terrorism).

♤ The foundational apprehensions of Pakistan against India and its quest for defining itself as the opposite has led to its intransigence on many issues.♤ Idea of a “composite dialogue process” (CDP) was articulated at the 1997 Male meeting between Indian Prime Minister I.K. Gujral and Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif.♤ When Prime Ministers Narendra Modi and Nawaz Sharif met in Ufa in 2015, on the sidelines of the SCO summit, It was decided that the two sides will hold one discussion on terrorism and the other for peace on the border.♤ In the latest stage the dialogue between the two countries that resumed in 2015 was again disrupted by the terrorist attack in Pathankot and Uri in 2016.