WAR AND PEACE IN SOUTH ASIA: A HISTORICAL ANALYSIS OF PAK-INDIA RELATIONS (2008-2018)

Authors

  • Uzma Nawaz Department of History, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Pakistan
  • Mazher Hussain Department of History, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Pakistan.
  • Muhammad Bilal Nawaz Department of Mass Communication, Lahore College for Women University, Lahore Pakistan

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.52567/pjsr.v4i1.646

Abstract

This research aimed to investigate the War and Peace in South Asia: A Historical Analysis of Pak-India Relations (2008-2018). The aim was to analyze the relationships of both countries with regard to war and peace in connections with mutual disputes and negotiations efforts for peace process. Because of India and Pakistan's history of poor ties going back to 1947, discussions of collaboration have often occurred in the midst of threats of war and military confrontation. They have deployed their soldiers on several times as a consequence of a major threat of conflict. Diplomatic relations between India and Pakistan have been strained since the early 1990s as a result of turmoil in Kashmir and terrorist actions in other Indian states. After a series of high-profile terrorist strikes that took many lives, India's hostile spirit based on hatred against Pakistan has faded. Those opposed to the peace effort between India and Pakistan have established a pattern. Terrorist attacks have thwarted almost every Indo-Pakistani peace endeavor in recent years. As a consequence, belligerent minds dominate dialogues between India and Pakistan, constantly spreading negative narratives that condemn the adversary while creating virtue-based self-images in their own countries. Such negative narratives have been reinforced during a period of conflict, when there are numerous acts of violence, leading to an ongoing cycle of distrust, anxious to fight and violence that is difficult to escape. As a result, a positive cycle of trust and confidence growing between the two countries was never able to acquire traction or establish itself.

Keywords: Pak-India Relations, Kashmir Issue, Kargil Conflict, Water Dispute.

Author Biographies

  • Uzma Nawaz, Department of History, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Pakistan

    Research Fellow

  • Mazher Hussain, Department of History, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Pakistan.

    Assistant Professor

     

  • Muhammad Bilal Nawaz, Department of Mass Communication, Lahore College for Women University, Lahore Pakistan

    Assistant Professor

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Published

2022-03-31

Issue

Vol. 4 No. 1 (2022): Pakistan Journal of Social Research (PJSR)

Section

Research Article

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How to Cite

[1]
“WAR AND PEACE IN SOUTH ASIA: A HISTORICAL ANALYSIS OF PAK-INDIA RELATIONS (2008-2018)”, Pak. J, Soc. Sci., vol. 4, no. 1, pp. 232–238, Mar. 2022, doi: 10.52567/pjsr.v4i1.646.