current affairs MCQ #11054

Pakistan's foreign minister at a UN General Assembly press conference states that normalising trade with India requires India to reverse its August 2019 actions on Kashmir. What specific condition does Pakistan publicly set for resuming bilateral trade normalisation?

current affairs MCQ #11054

  1. Question 1

    Q1. Pakistan's foreign minister at a UN General Assembly press conference states that normalising trade with India requires India to reverse its August 2019 actions on Kashmir. What specific condition does Pakistan publicly set for resuming bilateral trade normalisation?

    • A) India must first release all Kashmiri political prisoners and hold fresh state elections
    • B) India must restore the special status of Jammu and Kashmir revoked through constitutional changes in August 2019 before substantive bilateral engagement can resume
    • C) India must agree to a UN-supervised plebiscite as a precondition for any trade talks
    • D) India must accept World Bank mediation on all outstanding bilateral disputes as a precondition

    Answer: India must restore the special status of Jammu and Kashmir revoked through constitutional changes in August 2019 before substantive bilateral engagement can resume

    Explanation: Pakistan's official position is that substantive bilateral engagement with India, including trade normalisation, cannot proceed until India reverses the constitutional changes of August 2019 — specifically the revocation of Article 370 which had granted Jammu and Kashmir special autonomy and the bifurcation of the state into two union.