Pak New Govt Emphasizes Peaceful Coexistence With India, But Seeks Resolution of Kashmir Issue

Pakistan’s new government stated on the country’s National Day that peaceful coexistence founded on equality and mutual respect serves as the guiding principles of its foreign policy. This principle, according to Islamabad, also underpins its desire for a peaceful relationship with India.

However, Pakistan also emphasized that peace and stability in the region can only be achieved through a peaceful settlement of all outstanding issues, including the “core” issue of Jammu and Kashmir. The Kashmir region is a territory claimed by both India and Pakistan and has been a source of tension between the two countries for decades.

It is yet to be seen how this new emphasis on peaceful coexistence will translate into concrete actions on the part of the Pakistani government. India has long accused Pakistan of supporting terrorism in Kashmir, and tensions between the two nuclear-armed nations have remained high in recent years.

Whether Pakistan’s new government can usher in a new era of peace and cooperation in the region remains to be seen. However, its stated commitment to peaceful coexistence is a welcome development.

 

[Apocalypse gupta]

Their govt has recently started on resuming trade with India, and PMLN has been less vocal against india than PTI and PPP which is very anti India. If trade resumes it will be good for our punjab which is struggling right now.

 

[Pink Panther]

Only peaceful resolution with India would be to quit the occupied parts and stop claiming parts of J&K.

 

[charminar_waale_ismail_bhai]

If trade resumes it will be good for our punjab which is struggling right now.

Why do you think Indian Punjab is struggling?
And how would you pray suggest that resumption of trade with Pakistan will help mitigate their struggle, considering that rest of India is a many times larger market than all of Pakistan any-day?

 

[Anubhav Sharma]

No need plz, keep them without trade it's better for us.a good Pakistan is a weak and beggar Pakistan

 

[Anant]

Want to solve the issue? Sure. Get out of PoK, never come back, and stop your nonsensical claims. Issue solved.

That said, we should seriously consider trading with them, if they want. Globally, nations having major issues with each other still trade. We trade with China, the US trades with Russia, China, Iran, etc., Chine trades with all of its neighbours including Taiwan, etc. We should have some very strong preconditions on trade with Pakistan, but we should trade with them if need be for both nations.

 

[Apocalypse gupta]

Why do you think Indian Punjab is struggling?
And how would you pray suggest that resumption of trade with Pakistan will help mitigate their struggle, considering that rest of India is a many times larger market than all of Pakistan any-day?

Because most of india pakistan trade happens through the wagah border in punjab. And pakistan imports a lot of agri products like cotton, vegetables etc of which punjab is major producer.

Right now trade is happening but it is happening indirectly through dubai and iran, which is costly as transit fees eats into our profits and pakis ha e to pay more. Having direct land trade will benefit both.

Pakistan is also importing our oil products through UAE. We can send it directly through tankers. Truckers, farmers etc in punjab will earn money.

 

[desigandu]

Pakistan must formally renounce its rights to Kashmir, recognize Kashmir as an integral part of India, allow POK and GB to merge with Kashmir, renounce terrorism, allow the separation of Balochistan, give up nuclear weapons for security guarantees, kick out CPEC, and normalize its relations with India...Yes, some in Pakistan may believe otherwise, but this is how it will play out.

 

[Narine Singh]

When will Saeed and his terrorists be brought to Justice for the Mumbai massacre? When will you hand over Dawood? When will you return Masood to the Indian authorities? And so, so many more, murderers you hide, protect, and support in Pakistan, that you must bring to Justice.

 

[ramdas]

Bleed India by 1000 cuts , Ghazwa e Hind are the policies adopted by the barbaric state. They continue to infiltrate Islamic terrorists to India. Collaboration with China to destabilize the whole region. Take the real picture and don’t be under the illusion of the sugar coated words. Don’t need any trade that benefits this terrorist state which oppresses and kills its own people

 

[Narine Singh]

We don’t trust you!! Open borders for trade also means open borders for drugs, weapons, and suicide bombers from your Pakistani Institutes of Terrorism (the madrassas). I am sure that you have lots of donkeys to ship to China for donkey meat.

 

[Aayush Pratap]

India doesn't want anything to do with you beggars.

 

[charminar_waale_ismail_bhai]

Thank you.
Few more.points though:-

And pakistan imports a lot of agri products like cotton, vegetables etc of which punjab is major producer.

Pakistani Cotton mills are closing while Indian ones are ramping up. For vegetables, Indian market is not only larger, but also the prices here are favourable. So, not sure how trading across Wagha helps considering they have to handle customs and then to save on transportation they also have to get stuff from there, of which again Pakistan doesn't expirt much else.
Furthermore, Punajb's problem is not at all with perishable produce. Their contention is sale of paddy and wheat which is a problem of local producers getting habituated to state subsidy and not of the market.

Right now trade is happening but it is happening indirectly through dubai and iran, which is costly as transit fees eats into our profits and pakis ha e to pay more.

The indirect trade is heavily biased towards their importing stuff from India. Indian market hardly has any appetite for Pakistan's produce. Except for their "Shaan" spices and Pink Salt which is popular among a small Co-religionists and the woke population in India, demand for Pakistan's produce is almost nil. There is a reason Pakistan's traders are more desperate for the trade to resume. If the skewed trade makes stuff expensive for Pakistanis, that is Pakistan's problem to ponder over. Why should we bother if Pakistanis are paying higher prices. We did not ask them to embargo trade in 2019.

 

[Mridul baruah]

Exactly, give India POK and resume ties. Otherwise, no one is bothered about ties with Pakistan.

 

[UKumar]

Never trust these snakes and piglets, we do not want any business relationship, we should also block selling medicine to them let them buy it from their Abba Huzur Chinkies

 

[Apocalypse gupta]

Thank you.
Few more.points though:-

Pakistani Cotton mills are closing while Indian ones are ramping up. For vegetables, Indian market is not only larger, but also the prices here are favourable. So, not sure how trading across Wagha helps considering they have to handle customs and then to save on transportation they also have to get stuff from there, of which again Pakistan doesn't expirt much else.
Furthermore, Punajb's problem is not at all with perishable produce. Their contention is sale of paddy and wheat which is a problem of local producers getting habituated to state subsidy and not of the market.

The indirect trade is heavily biased towards their importing stuff from India. Indian market hardly has any appetite for Pakistan's produce. Except for their "Shaan" spices and Pink Salt which is popular among a small Co-religionists and the woke population in India, demand for Pakistan's produce is almost nil. There is a reason Pakistan's traders are more desperate for the trade to resume. If the skewed trade makes stuff expensive for Pakistanis, that is Pakistan's problem to ponder over. Why should we bother if Pakistanis are paying higher prices. We did not ask them to embargo trade in 2019.

I have read in multiple places that India used to have a large trade surplus with pakistan. Basically trade was more beneficial to India. Also, regarding agri products, you are correct that market is larger in India, but another issue is that production is also much larger in India, so sometimes because of surplus farmers dont get good prices. If there is option to sell to pakistan, India farmers can sell there when prices in India are low.

Also, you had asked about punjab not doing well, you can look at GSDP growth rate in punjab. It has been lower than national average for many years now.

Trade is happening already right now, it is just that it is going through UAE and Iran. It is just waste of money because trade can pass through land from wagah border.

 

[charminar_waale_ismail_bhai]

I have read in multiple places that India used to have a large trade surplus with pakistan. Basically trade was more beneficial to India.

That was during an age when Pakistani Rupee was worth something. Their economy has tanked and their purchasing capacity is very limited so much so that even if economy of scale if our exporters were to export applies, that is a suspect. Whatever little the Pakistanis continue to buy are capital goods such as spices, mineral-oil, automobile spares and pharma.
Chances are, considering the scale of trade, these maybe cheaper being reexported from the Middle east.

Trade is happening already right now, it is just that it is going through UAE and Iran. It is just waste of money because trade can pass through land from wagah border.

They started it. Their problem, their bother.
We don't need to get into whole charade of Aman ki Tamasha again.

 

[Shafted mohammed]

This bhikari chacha can really sort out Kashmir problem once and for all , sell Occupied territory of POK to India for 1 billion $ and accept that the Kashmir issue is now finished.

 

[Apocalypse gupta]

That was during an age when Pakistani Rupee was worth something. Their economy has tanked and their purchasing capacity is very limited so much so that even if economy of scale if our exporters were to export applies, that is a suspect. Whatever little the Pakistanis continue to buy are capital goods such as spices, mineral-oil, automobile spares and pharma.
Chances are, considering the scale of trade, these maybe cheaper being reexported from the Middle east.

They started it. Their problem, their bother.
We don't need to get into whole charade of Aman ki Tamasha again.

trade happens using dollars, so how good pakistani rupee is doing is irrelevant to us. If they have dollars to buy, we will sell, if not, we will sell to someone else.

 

[Eternal_Self]

"Peaceful coexistence founded on equality and mutual respect". There is no equality between Pakistan and India, Pakistan's biggest export is TERRORISM vs. India's SOFTWARE Services. Pakistan get's mutual respect using a BEGGING BOWL vs. India's $650 billion Forex reserves. ::|::

 

[Alok Gupta]

Their govt has recently started on resuming trade with India, and PMLN has been less vocal against india than PTI and PPP which is very anti India. If trade resumes it will be good for our punjab which is struggling right now.

Punjab is struggling becaus eof couple of factors. Narcotic drugs form across the border, corrupt AAA politicians, politics of free stuff to get votes, some sikh farmers (khalistanis) that are more interested in demonstrating than in farming and migration. Trade with Pakistan will not help any of these issues.

 

[Akhil]

My good friends, Have you have no backbone?
First of all, trade with ENEMY nation cannot resume. Secondly, you say, Pakistan must give up their claim on Kashmir. Have some shame gentlemen. It's not just Kashmir that is ours. Gilgit-Baltistan has always been part of India. Sindh is part of India and even our national anthem says so.

How can you be happy with just Kashmir as we have now? We must aspire to get back Gigit, PoK, Sindh. Nothing less than that must be acceptable.

 

[Bhupesh Desai]

No trade no talk until POK and GB is returned to India in its entirety.

 

[Hari Sud]

Get lost and go jump in the lake. You have no right on Kashmir.

 

[Satya Dev]

P@xtan is in deep financial distress & wants us to help them out like we helped SriLanka - the situation is so bad that they may even agree to return our territories of POK-GB for a financial bailout.

 

[Sandeep]

What a delusional person. They keep claiming that they want to help the people of POK but the people themselves hate Pakistan rule over them and would now prefer India instead. They should have known better when they supported Pakistan rule over them during the partition.

India should launch a military strike and retake POK and it’s possible if it’s planned and executed very well that we can win with low casualties.

 

[charminar_waale_ismail_bhai]

trade happens using dollars, so how good pakistani rupee is doing is irrelevant to us.

UAE Dirhams, not USD, as most of the trade is currently routed through Dubai.

Previously the trade used to happen in many ways: USD, local currencies and even barter.

All said and done, why do we need to trade with Pakistan? The last episode where Pakistan suddenly decided to cut trade, it left many Indian truckers stranded in Pakistan and the Pakistani officials were playing hardball to release them back to India.

Let them suffer now. Also, any money they save will irrevocably be ploughed back into anti-India activities only. So they are not even worth any consideration.

 

[Apocalypse gupta]

UAE Dirhams, not USD, as most of the trade is currently routed through Dubai.

Previously the trade used to happen in many ways: USD, local currencies and even barter.

All said and done, why do we need to trade with Pakistan? The last episode where Pakistan suddenly decided to cut trade, it left many Indian truckers stranded in Pakistan and the Pakistani officials were playing hardball to release them back to India.

Let them suffer now. Also, any money they save will irrevocably be ploughed back into anti-India activities only. So they are not even worth any consideration.

Yeah, now trade is happening in dirhams,, but that still means value of PKR rupee not important for us, but very important for pakistan.

Trade with pakistan used to make less than 2% of India's trade. It will mainly help punjab, but not have much of an impact on rest of india.