Pakistan has consistently voted against the United Nations Human Rights Council resolution on investigating the Lankan government’s military operations against Sri Lanka’s Tamil rebel groups.
India has largely failed to leverage its rich potential in emerging as an international tourist hub as it attracts less than one percent of foreign travelers every year.
Security dynamics, political tensions, and differing soft power have impacted visa policies and discredited concrete peace-centric cultural diplomacy initiatives.
Social media is just one venue of political contestation and its impact may pale in comparison to the situation on the ground, where arrested protesters have reportedly been the victims of police brutality.
Adopting a FFP could offer India an opportunity to create a conducive environment for peace, eliminate domestic barriers against women, and assist in building stronger bilateral relationships.
In a surprising, albeit positive development in India-Pakistan relations, the two sides have yet again renewed the 2003 ceasefire commitment on the Line of Control (LoC) and other parts of their international border.
