An expert explains: What will it take to resume India-Pakistan trade?

On March 23, Pakistan's Foreign Minister Muhammad Ishaq Dar said his country may "seriously examine" the question of resuming trade with India. Pakistan stopped trade after the constitutional changes in Jammu and Kashmir in 2019. Like other aspects of the India-Pak relationship, trade too has been impacted by Islamabad's hard line on Kashmir and its support for terrorism. The dire state of the Pakistani economy, however, has raised hopes for a change in Pakistan's approach. But New Delhi will keep its fingers crossed. What explains the timing of Pakistani minister Dar's comments? Over the years, Dar has headed several economic…