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November-December 2011 |
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The India-Pakistan Peace
Process
Sidra Tariq
Pakistan
federal cabinet’s agreement to granting the status of Most Favoured
Nation (MFN) to India evoked a mixed reaction in the country.
Several
quarters believed that granting the MFN status to India would lead to
the flooding of the domestic markets with Indian merchandise. Other
analysts,
however,
opined that the availability of a large number of Indian goods in
Pakistan and vice-versa will positively sharpen the competition on both
sides, and
the
eventual beneficiaries will be the consumers. The high-level meetings between the
foreign secretaries, foreign ministers and finally the prime ministers
of India
and Pakistan on the sidelines of the SAARC Summit at Addu, Maldieves, in November
2011 was the highlight of the ongoing peace process between the two
neighbours. A major development took place in December when India and Pakistan
resumed talks on nuclear and conventional confidence-building measures (CBMs)
with a two-day session as part of the peace process....
Afghanistan
Humera Iqbal
The Obama administration is drafting a new strategy for Afghanistan according to which US troops and funds would remain there beyond 2014. An international conference in Bonn pledged to economically support the Afghanistan government until 2024. The US seeks to restore talks with the Taliban through a series of secret negotiations to reach complete peace settlement. Crucial Coalition partners Britain, Germany and Australia plan to pull out troops from Afghanistan. The Loya Jirga hosted by President Karzai ended with the elders laying out future terms of relations with the US. Relations between US-Pakistan remaind tense with US freezing aid to Pakistan and Islamabad firm on keeping borders with Afghanistan closed..... |
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