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The bitter history of India-Pakistan relations urged the leaders of the two countries to revive the Lahore process so that both these neighbours will move together building a prosperous and vibrant future for their people as the history had threatened the people of India and Pakistan. Peace between them will stop the dangers of outbreak of armed/nuclear conflict. The time has come for Pakistan and India to make a critical choice between war and peace, love and hate, destruction and development, poverty and prosperity. This would only be possible through the process of negotiations based on the year to year discussions on different issues. Lahore summit was a success for both countries as India and Pakistan had showed their peaceful intentions for each other. Agra summit had created good will after the Kargil war which had frozen their relations. Peace talks of 2004 had showed that there was no sign of consensus in India on holding unconditional negotiations with Pakistan. There were different domestic constraints which acted as a hurdle for Pakistan foreign policy towards India. As foreign policy is the reflection of a country's internal strengths and weaknesses, the control of domestic constraints of Pakistan would also create an impact on its relations with India.
Key Words: Negotiations, Constraints, Lahore Declaration, Agra Summit, Peace talks
Introduction
Since 1947 Pakistan and India have negotiated over different issues countless times. Negotiations were mostly for the normalization of relations following periods of tension. The Lahore declaration and Agra summits can be described as talks about talks. Both the leaderships tried to reach an agreement on further dialogue in the future for the sake of improving relations between India and Pakistan. These negotiations only provided a détente situation between these states. (Kux, 2007:20) On June 1997 the Foreign Secretaries of Pakistan and India, met in Islamabad for a comprehensive dialogue on all outstanding issues between them. They both agreed to stop propaganda against each other. Foreign Secretary Mr. Shamshad Ahmad of Pakistan and Mr. Salman Haider issued a joint statement of the following points. (http://www.nti.org/e_research/official_docs/inventory/pdfs/lahore-pdf.)
To address all outstanding issues of concern to both sides, including
* Peace and security,
* Confidence building measures (CBMs),
* Siachien Glacier,
* Jammu and Kashmir issue,
* Wullar Barrage,