After the terrorist attack in Pahalgam, India has taken tough decisions against Pakistan one after the other and has launched a diplomatic attack on Pakistan. Steps such as suspending the Indus Water Treaty, not giving visas to Pakistani citizens, reducing the number of employees in Pakistan High Commission in Delhi have forced the Shahbaz government of Pakistan to wake up overnight.
After this action of India, there was a meeting of the National Security Committee in Pakistan, which said that retaliation like India would be taken. The most shocking statement was that Pakistan is now threatening to cancel the Shimla Agreement. Then what is this Shimla agreement, know.
When was the Shimla agreement signed?
Let us tell you that the foundation of the Shimla Agreement was laid between India and Pakistan after the 1971 war. In this war, India liberated the eastern part of Pakistan (now Bangladesh) and the Pakistani army surrendered. India had captivated about 90,000 Pakistani troops. India also gained control over the area of about 5,000 square miles of Western Pakistan. The historic agreement was signed on 2 July 1972, about 16 months after the war between the then Prime Minister of India Indira Gandhi and Pakistan Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto.
Why was the Shimla Agreement signed?
The Shimla Agreement is actually a commitment to normalize relations between India and Pakistan and resolve any dispute in future through peace and negotiations. In this agreement, there was a mutual consent that India and Pakistan would solve all their issues through dialogue. No third country or organization will be allowed to intervene in it. An important point of this agreement was that India and Pakistan would recognize the Line of Control (LoC) in Kashmir with mutual consent and no side would be able to make unilateral changes in it.
Pakistan is using Shimla agreement as weapons
The two countries also pledged that they would not use force, war or propaganda against each other. We will maintain peace and improve relations. Under this agreement, India released 90,000 Pakistani troops unconditionally and also left the occupied area. On the other hand, Pakistan also released some Indian prisoners. But today decades later, when India surrounded Pakistan over terrorist activities and has taken steps like Indus Water Treaty, Pakistan is using the Shimla Agreement as a weapon.
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