India-Pakistan dialogue going nowhere

ISLAMABAD (DAWN/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) – What happened to the hopes of better relations between India and Pakistan following the Feb 25, 2021, Kashmir ceasefire agreement? Has the back channel that apparently produced the deal reached a dead end? Had the channel been addressing the core issues there would be little wonder if its work has stalled. The two countries have numerous core issues, and they are not the same on both sides. There also exist other roadblocks in the way of a normal relationship. The customary diplomatic give and take is hard to apply in India-Pakistan relations especially as India…