India Pakistan Negotiation is Best in the Interest of Pakistan

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India Pakistan Negotiation is Best in the Interest of Pakistan

The ongoing rivalry and military grievances between India and Pakistan have compelled both the countries to invest a considerable amount of their resources into defense which could be better utilized in initiating development projects. Decades of internal political disputes and low levels of foreign investment have led to slow growth and underdevelopment in Pakistan. Agriculture accounts for more than one-fifth of output and two-fifths of employment. Textiles account for most of Pakistan’s export earnings, and Pakistan’s failure to expand a viable export base for other manufactures has left the country vulnerable to shifts in world demand. Official unemployment is 6 per cent, but this fails to capture the true picture, because much of the economy is informal and underemployment remains high. Over the past few years, low growth and high inflation, led by a spurt in food prices, have increased the amount of poverty. The recent Human Development Index (HDI) reveals that Pakistan was ranked at 146 out of a total of 187 countries in terms of educational attainment, development and prosperity (Pak slips on UN's HDI to 146-The Nation). In the same Index, India ranked 136 which denotes that both India and Pakistan have to cover a long distance in order to be classified under the category of developed nations. Despite poverty and low development, India and Pakistan have invested a great deal of their resources in defense with little left behind to endow in development projects. The latest statistics reveal that the defense budget of Pakistan has been jacked up to Rs 627.2 billion for the financial year beginning July 1 2013, compared to ...

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...untry would be increasingly confronted with impending water shortages. (Indus Water Dispute-Pakistan Tribune) Concerns have repeatedly been conveyed to India over its manipulation of Chenab waters and it was for this reason that Pakistan accused India of violating the Indus Water Treaty and warned that failure to resolve the water disputes could lead to conflict in the region (Indus Water Dispute-Pakistan Tribune). Hence violation of Indus water treaty from India’s side has led to conflicts between the two states because a mutual feeling of distrust remains between the two sides making it difficult for any negotiation to establish peace in the region. As long as immoral and non ethical behavour will be shown and such treaties will be violated ,there are so rare chances that Pakistan could ever negotiate with India and both countries can ever have friendly relations.

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