Abstract
This paper was completed before the terrorists struck in Mumbai on November
26, 2008. Despite the fact that the attacks dealt the most serious setback to
the peace process and the talks scheduled under the Fifth Round of Composite
Dialogue have been postponed, the author has not felt it necessary to alter the
basic theme of the paper, i.e., the peace process may be delayed by incidents like
Mumbai carnage, it will not be derailed as both Pakistan and India have no
other option but to make the South Asian region secure and peaceful to their
mutual benefit. The paper reaches this conclusion after making a critical
assessment for about five years of the process, focusing on its achievements and
failures from the perspectives of Pakistan, India and the international
community. The paper also makes an attempt to identify areas where divergence
of perceptions between Pakistan and India have been narrowed down as a
result of the peace process and explores the possibilities of reduction of the gap
in areas where the two countries still hold wildly divergent views.
Dr Rashid Ahmad Khan. (2009) Pakistan-India Peace Process: An Assessment, IPRI Journal, Volume-09, Issue-1.
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