Time for ‘legal diplomacy’

IT was 2016. We at RSIL routinely studied all major disputes and issues between India and Pakistan — Kashmir, Sir Creek, Siachen, the Indus Waters Treaty, Samjhauta Express, Babri Masjid, Junagarh, etc. Each issue had a dominant legal dimension that required sustained research. Following the Mumbai attacks in 2008, bilateral bitterness was still on the rise as the trials of suspects Zia ur Rehman Lakhvi on the Pakistani side and Ajmal Kasab in India were not well managed. Both states, instead...

By none@none.com (Ahmer Bilal Soofi)