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Document Type

Conference Paper

Publication Date

1-21-2014

Author Affiliation

Dr. Ishrat Husain is Dean and Director at Institute of Business Administration, Karachi.

Conference Location

New Delhi

Conference Dates

January 21, 2014

First Page

1

Last Page

4

Keywords

International relations, Economic relations, India, Pakistan, Trade

Abstract / Description

Let me first commend the efforts which ICRIER is making in carrying out and disseminating evidence-based research on this highly emotive issue. The relations between the two countries have not been helped by repeated exchange of unsubstantiated assertions, allegations and insinuations. It is time that we confront those who are indulging in such rhetoric and creating confusion by presenting facts and analysis that clarify and shed light on the issues. My basic message that I have been conveying to the policy makers on both sides of the border is that the primacy of politics for the last 65 years has done more harm than good in normalizing relations between the two neighboring countries. We should make a paradigm shift in our approach and give economics and trade a chance to cement and forge better relations without abandoning our respective principled stances on political issues. It is only the sequencing of issues that needs to be changed.

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