♤ 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.

♤ However the composite dialogue process has also been disrupted by events such as the Kargil war of 1999, the attack on India parliament in 2001 and the 26/11 attack in Mumbai in 2008.

♤ When the two countries again started engaging in 2010 it the name of CDP was changed to the ‘Resumed Dialogue’, with some changes in the content, including progress on Mumbai trial.

♤ Two rounds of resumed dialogue took place and the foreign ministers analyzed the developments. But it stopped in 2012 post the incident of firing on the border and beheading of India soldier Hemraj following which then Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh said 'that there cannot be business as usual with Pakistan