Abstract
This chapter has addressed one central theme: How is India, and Pakistan–India bilateral relations are perceived in Pakistan. Since the last 70 years, Pakistan and India have struggled to live in peace and develop cordial ties. To this date, their diplomatic ties remain embedded in mutual suspicion and enmity. The chapter has elaborated on history with a particular focus on the formation of selective historical narrative, Kashmir issue, wars, political standpoints, people, and role of institutions in Pakistan to understand Pakistani perceptive regarding Pakistan–India relations. The chapter argues that there is multitude of perspectives regarding Indo-Pak relations in Pakistan. Pakistan desires to establish smooth and amiable diplomatic relations with India. There is a unanimous understanding in Pakistan that resolution of Kashmir issue is mandatory to the normalization of relations. Pakistan wants to resolve Kashmir dispute but feels that India brushes aside this dispute, and this delineates Pakistan’s attitude toward India to a great extent. Besides, Pakistan feels threatened by Indian interference in Pakistan’s domestic affairs and India’s hegemonic aspirations. However, Pakistan’s public opinion regarding Indian people is overwhelmingly positive. Pakistanis feel Indian people are just like them, sharing the same language, culture, and ethos. They, however, differ with India’s domestic policies and foreign policy choices generally toward Pakistan and particularly concerning Kashmir.
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Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., ‘Strength to Love’, Shmoop, accessed August 21, 2017, https://www.shmoop.com/quotes/not-makers-of-history-made-by-history.html.
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Rizvi (2011).
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In 1947, the Indian subcontinent was partitioned on religious lines into two sovereign nations—India and Pakistan.
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For instance, Prime Minister Nehru while talking about the demand for Pakistan in his speech on June 3, 1949, declared that ‘it may be that in this way we shall reach united India sooner than otherwise. Kripalani, the then president of Congress also held ‘neither the Congress nor the nation has given up on its claim of a united India’ see: Amin (2010), pp. 25–28.
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Amin, 29.
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Ali (1983), 282.
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Ali, 285–295.
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Zulqar (2016).
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Zulqar (2016).
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Saleem (2016).
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Qureshi (2017).
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Shah (2009), 357.
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Ibid., 360.
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Pakistan Today, ‘Detailed List of Pakistani, Indian Prisoners issued,’ https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2017/10/11/detailed-list-of-pakistani-indian-prisoners-issued/.
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Khan (2012), vol. xxxi, no. 5, pp. 4–5.
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Ibid., 17.
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Over 8,000 Indo-Pak soldiers killed in Siachen https://www.thenews.com.pk/archive/print/621545-over-8,000-indo-pak-soldiers-killed-in-siachen.
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Khan (2012), 9.
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Qadir (2002), pp. 24–135.
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Abbas (2017).
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Khan, Dr. Zulfikar and Rubina Waseem, ‘South Asian Strategic Paradox: India-Pakistan Nuclear Flux.’
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Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (2013), 82, http://pmo.gov.pk/documents/manifesto.pdf.
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Khan (2017).
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‘UNGA Speech: Nawaz Proposes 4-Point Peace Initiative with India’, The Express Tribune, 30 September 2015, https://tribune.com.pk/story/965133/live-pm-to-address-70th-un-general-assembly-session-shortly/.
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Haider (2015).
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Dawn (2016).
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Pakistan people’s party ppp, ‘Manifesto 2013’, 2013, http://www.citizenswire.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/PPPP_Manifesto_14_3_13.pdf.
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Khan, 113–14.
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‘India Not Military Threat to Pakistan, Says Zardari,’ The Nation, accessed August 21, 2017, http://nation.com.pk/politics/24-Jun-2009/India-not-military-threat-to-Pakistan-says-Zardari.
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Khan, 114.
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Bennett-Jones (2015).
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Khan 115–16.
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Khan, 118.
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Khan, 119–26.
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Welle (2017).
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Awami National Party (2013).
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Khan, 120–22.
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Khan, 118–19.
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‘India, Afghanistan Fail to Achieve Nefarious Goals: Dr. Malik,’ Business Recorder (blog), accessed August 21, 2017, http://fp.brecorder.com/2016/10/2016101994457/.
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The data from this discussion is based on the personal recollections of Devika Mittal, one of the co-authors of this chapter. She was one of the Indian speakers in the discussion.
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Khan (2016).
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The Express Tribune (2017).
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Irum, W., Mittal, D., Afzal, M.M. (2019). Understanding Pakistani Perspective in the Prism of Pakistan–India Relations. In: Ranjan, A. (eds) India in South Asia. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-2020-0_12
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