Salman Bashir

Former foreign secretary gives an overview of relations that go back decades if not longer. Some truths become clichéd, as is often thought of the ‘Iron brothers’ description of the two countries relationship; however, both share a remarkable identity of views on many issues has meant an increasing collaboration between the two countries on international, political, and economic fronts.

Deliverance by democracy has been the grundnorm (basic norm) for political governance in much of South Asia. However, the application of this prescription has...