{"id":205247,"date":"2022-09-09T19:50:53","date_gmt":"2022-09-09T14:20:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=205247"},"modified":"2022-09-09T19:50:53","modified_gmt":"2022-09-09T14:20:53","slug":"floods-in-pakistan-and-the-pulls-and-pressures-of-india-pakistan-disaster-diplomacy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/floods-in-pakistan-and-the-pulls-and-pressures-of-india-pakistan-disaster-diplomacy\/","title":{"rendered":"Floods in Pakistan and the pulls and pressures of India-Pakistan disaster diplomacy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Source:<\/strong> The post is based on the article \u201cFloods in Pakistan and pulls and pressures of India-Pakistan disaster diplomacy\u201d <\/strong>published in The Indian Express <\/strong>on 9th September 2022<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Syllabus: <\/strong>GS2- Indian and its neighbourhood relations.<\/p>\n

News-<\/strong> The article explains the Indian-Pakistan disaster diplomacy.<\/p>\n

Recently Pakistan has been devastated by heavy floods which led to heavy loss of life, essentials shortages. Indian Prime Minister expressed his condolences.<\/p>\n

What are the recent developments related to India-Pakistan relations?<\/strong><\/h5>\n

Modi invited Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif to his swearing- in ceremony and both leaders held the promise of a new beginning in their bilateral relationship.<\/p>\n

The sequence of events that followed like- red line on meeting between Hurriyat separatists and Pakistan diplomats; terror attack in Uri and Pathankot impacted relations negatively. India took a stand that talk and terror cannot go together<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Relations further deteriorated when India abrogated the special status of Jammu & Kashmir. It led to downsizing the officials in both High Commissions.<\/p>\n

After Shehbaz Sharif assumed power in Pakistan, there have been some positive signals. He has urged India to resolve the Kashmir issue and focus on tackling poverty and unemployment;<\/p>\n

India\u2019s PM also congratulated the him on forming the government.<\/p>\n

In a letter to Modi; Sharif said that Pakistan remains committed to \u201cregional peace and security\u201d<\/strong> and sought \u201cpeaceful and cooperative ties\u201d<\/strong> with Pakistan.<\/p>\n

What were earlier responses to the disasters by both countries?<\/strong><\/h5>\n

In 2001, when an earthquake hit Bhuj, Pakistan sent tents and blankets. Vajpayee thanked the Pakistan General for the gesture.<\/p>\n

In 2005, when an earthquake hit both countries, India sent aircraft with relief supplies and pledged $ 5 million through the UN to support Pakistan.<\/p>\n

During 2010 super flood in Pakistan, India offered $ 5 million in help, however, the offer was declined.<\/p>\n

What is Case for help<\/strong>? <\/strong><\/h5>\n

PM Modi’s outreach by way of the message created a potential opening for \u201cdisaster diplomacy\u201d<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The Pakistan ruling class is well disposed to humanitarian gestures from India.<\/p>\n

State of Pakistan Finance Minister said that the government can consider importing vegetables and edible oils from India.<\/p>\n

General Bajwa spoke in favour of improving ties.<\/p>\n

India has a desire to be \u201cfirst responder\u201d<\/strong> in times of disaster and crisis in neighbouring countries.<\/p>\n

Vaccine diplomacy<\/strong> has already been billed as a major achievement for India.<\/p>\n

What are possible options for India?<\/strong><\/h5>\n

The help can be at micro level<\/strong> by sending emergency essential supplies.<\/p>\n

At macro and medium-to-long-term<\/strong>, it could help in construction of damaged properties and cultural heritage.<\/p>\n

However, the current regime\u2019s policy of zero tolerance for terrorism and extending help, to tackle disaster, are at conflict with each other.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Source: The post is based on the article \u201cFloods in Pakistan and pulls and pressures of India-Pakistan disaster diplomacy\u201d published in The Indian Express on 9th September 2022. Syllabus: GS2- Indian and its neighbourhood relations. News- The article explains the Indian-Pakistan disaster diplomacy. Recently Pakistan has been devastated by heavy floods which led to heavy… Continue reading Floods in Pakistan and the pulls and pressures of India-Pakistan disaster diplomacy<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10320,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1230,9],"tags":[212,10500],"class_list":["post-205247","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-9-pm-daily-articles","category-public","tag-gs-paper-2","tag-indian-express","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":8,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1702988347},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/205247","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10320"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=205247"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/205247\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=205247"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=205247"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=205247"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}