Pakistan and India came to the brink of war with each other, and India had vowed that it would not have any talks with Pakistan until it had obtained satisfaction for the attack. They were not final, though, and there remain some differences on the draft, necessitating another round of talks on April 2 in India. The same mentality that whipped up war hysteria in India after Pulwama was also uncomfortable with the holding of the talks. Only the thought that 300,000 yatris were expected to visit Kartarpur at the commemoration seemed to have let the talks go ahead. India’s failure to realise that the Kartarpur Corridor is a more important step for Pakistan is probably typical.

Source: Pakistan Today March 15, 2019 07:52 UTC