India-Pakistan relations

Bilateral relations between Pakistan and India remain stagnant, but that was not the goal of Bhutto Zardari’s trip.

Pakistan’s foreign minister was in India for the SCO meeting last week. But there was no breakthrough on the bilateral front.

Pakistan’s foreign minister will be traveling to India to attend the summit, making him the first high-ranking Pakistani official to visit India since 2014. 

It’s clear that the Indus Water Treaty needs to be renegotiated, but the process is likely to be packed with troubles.

India can use its advantage to extract enduring political gains from Islamabad.  

All eyes are on a series of critical meetings hosted by India in the lead up to the planned SCO Summit in July.

While India would like the current phase of stability at the LoC to continue, it has little incentive to try to make a grand gesture toward peace with Pakistan.

Many in Islamabad believe India’s threats are meant to strengthen Prime Minister Modi’s electoral prospects in upcoming general elections.

Pakistan’s choice of whether to attend the SCO summit in India will send signals to internal and external audiences on a number of levels.

Its notice for the Indus Water Treaty’s modification comes in the wake of a series of hydroelectric projects planned on the Indus valley rivers in India.

Lashkar-e-Taiba leader Abdul Rehan Makki’s designation as terrorist came after China lifted its technical hold on his inclusion in the UNSC list.

But will it succeed in persuading the world that India is a perpetrator of terrorism in the region rather than a victim?