Pakistan-India Relations: Post Nuclear Scenario

Abstract

The relations between India and Pakistan have been arctic since freedom from British colonial rule. India did not acknowledge Pakistan as a separate sovereign state.The flattening of Babri Masjid, Gujarat aggression and operation polo are the indications of overt Indian bias. A key determinant is Indo-Pakistan relations that are critical to peace in South Asia in the embryonic political and strategic order in the region. India remained busy in nuclearization program and Pakistan‟s defence policies have always been „India centric‟. The one of the major motives behind Pakistan acquisition of nuclear program is the debacle of East Pakistan.Pakistan deems military parity with India essential for her security. India outdoes Pakistan by her policies, outsized economy, power, huge population and scientific and technological knack. Despite, their collapsing economies, the rifts between India and Pakistan have changed the region into a nuclear flashpoint. It is supposed that Pakistan in possession of weapons of mass destruction have proved to be a „failed state‟ but due to their mutual threat perception, if India has nuclear arms and missiles technology then Pakistan ought to have them