Pak-India Relations And Lahore Declaration 1999

Abstract

The relations between India and Pakistan have always been strained and troubled since their independence in August 1947 .Several times the two countries have been engaged in fighting. The big cause of their troubled relations is the Kashmir dispute. Both the countries met several times for the bilateral talks to normalize the relations between them. The Lahore Declaration was one of that. This research paper is about the unpleasant relations, the big dispute of Kashmir, the Lahore Declaration and the Kargil episode between India and Pakistan. It will explain the historical background of the relations between the two neighboring countries and the causes and the proposed solutions of the Kashmir dispute. In this research study the researcher used the qualitative research design. Historical and analytical methods are used to highlight the real facts. In the present age of globalization every state is calculating and measuring everything through profit maximization and other material advantages. The relations between the immediate neighbors, Pakistan and India has been not good even from their birth till to date and the immediate cause of the sour relations is the long standing and unresolved dispute of the Kashmir. Although so many rounds of talks have been held between the two countries but fruitless. Kashmir is the nuclear flash point between the two countries, as the two states have nuclear capability. There should be good relations between the two nuclear states, it will not only better for them but very important for the region and it is possible, only when the two states become agree for the solution of the Kashmir dispute.