The Home Ministry has written to the Parliament Secretariat opposing the Bill as it jeopardises international relations under the Geneva Convention. It will be not prudent to declare any country as a terror state as India is bound by international norms,” said a senior government official. Engagement continuesIndia has accused Pakistan of instigating terror attacks but the two countries have maintained diplomatic relations even during the Kargil war and Operation Parakram. Last year, India asked its officials in Pakistan High Commission to not send their children to schools there and return them to India. Yet for decades we have remained engaged with Pakistan in an attempt to draw it into the mainstream.

Source: The Hindu February 20, 2017 20:37 UTC