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THEPaki stan-Indiarel
ationshi pcont i
nuesoni tsrocky‫ﻠﯽ‬ ‫ﯾ‬‫ﺮ‬‫ﺘﮭ‬‫ﭘ‬
traj ectory,with
mul t
iple‫ﺩ‬‫ﺪ‬‫ﻌ‬‫ﺘ‬‫ﻣ‬chal l
engesobst ructi
ng‫ﺎ‬ ‫ﻧ‬
‫ﺮ‬‫ﮍﯼﮐ‬ ‫ﯿﮟﮐﮭ‬ ‫ﭨ‬
‫ﻭ‬‫ﺎ‬‫ﮐ‬
‫ﺭ‬thepat h‫ﮧ‬‫ﺘ‬‫ﺍﺳ‬ ‫ﺭ‬topeace.
Overcomi ng‫ﺎ‬‫ﻧ‬‫ﺎ‬
‫ﻮﭘ‬‫ﺑ‬‫ﺎ‬
‫ﻗ‬them i sdifficult
, especi allywhent hereisanappar ent‫ﺮ‬‫ﮨ‬
‫ﺎ‬‫ﻇ‬lack‫ﻤﯽ‬ ‫ﮐ‬of
appetiteforpeacei nNewDel hi.Howev er ,
t hereissomeposi ti
v emov ementwher et he
fi
ghtagai nstl ocusts‫ﻮﮞ‬‫ﯾ‬‫ﮉ‬‫ﭨ‬isconcer ned.Ast heFor eignOf fi
cesai donThur sday ,both
PakistanandI ndiahav ejoinedf or
ces—undert heauspi ces‫ﯿﮟ‬ ‫ﺘﯽﻣ‬ ‫ﺮﺳ‬‫ﭘ‬‫ﺮ‬
‫ﺳ‬oft heUN’ s
FoodandAgr i
cultur
eOr ganisat ion—t ocombat (‫ﻨﮯ‬‫ﮐ‬‫ﻭ‬‫ﺎﺭ‬‫ﻧﮯﯾ‬‫ﺮ‬‫ﮦﮐ‬‫ﺎ‬
‫ﺒ‬‫ﺗ‬، ‫ﻧﮯ‬‫ﺮ‬‫ﻮﮐﻢﮐ‬‫(ﮐ‬ ‫ﺰ‬
‫ﯿ‬ ‫ﮦﭼ‬‫ﺪ‬‫ﯾ‬‫ﺪ‬‫ﻨ‬
‫ﭘﺴ‬ ‫ﺎ‬
‫ﻧ‬
‫۔‬‫ﯾﮟ‬‫ﺮ‬‫ﺎﺕﮐ‬ ‫ﻣ‬‫ﺍ‬
‫ﺪ‬ ‫ﻗ‬‫ﺌﮯﺍ‬‫ﻟ‬‫ﮯ‬t
‫ﮐ‬hethreatt hesepest spose‫ﻻﺣﻖ‬t or egionalfoodsecur it
y.Undert he
umbr ellaoft heCommi ssionf orCont roll
ingt heDeser tLocusti nSout h-WestAsi a,
whichal soi ncludesIranandAf ghani stan,bot hsidesar ewor kingt ocount ert hethreat
posedbygi antswar mst hathav edev our ed‫ﺎ‬ ‫ﯿ‬‫ﺎﮔ‬‫ﮐﮭ‬cropsacr osst her egion‫ﯿﮟ‬‫ﺭﮮﺧﻄﮯﻣ‬ ‫ﻮ‬‫ﭘ‬
.
Aftercausi nghav oc‫ﮨﯽ‬‫ﺎ‬‫ﺒ‬
‫ﺗ‬her e, thelocust shav eheadedeast war dst owardsI ndia,andit
i
sexpect edt hatmor eswar mswi l
lmaket hei rwayt ot hi
sr egi
onl aterinthemont h.

Thecooper ati
on‫ﻭﻥ‬ ‫ﺎ‬
‫ﻌ‬ ‫ﺗ‬overt hel ocustinvasion‫ﮧ‬ ‫ﻠ‬‫ﻤ‬‫ﺣ‬showst hatdespite‫ﺩ‬‫ﻮ‬ ‫ﻭﺟ‬ ‫ﺎ‬
‫ﮐﮯﺑ‬t he
bitt
er ness‫ﻠﺨﯽ‬ ‫ﺗ‬thataf fects‫ﮨ‬
‫ﺎﮯ‬ ‫ﺗ‬‫ﻮ‬‫ﺯﮨ‬‫ﺍ‬‫ﺪ‬‫ﻧ‬
‫ﺮﺍ‬‫ﺛ‬‫ﺍ‬bil
at eral‫ﮧ‬‫ﻓ‬
‫ﺮ‬‫ﻭﻃ‬ ‫ﺩ‬t ies,‫ﺎﺕ‬‫ﻘ‬‫ﻠ‬
‫ﻌ‬‫ﺗ‬،bot hst atescan
wor kt oget hert otackl e‫ﺎ‬ ‫ﻨ‬
‫ﭩ‬‫ﻤ‬‫ﻧ‬commont hreat s.Thesei ncl udepol luti
on—t het oxic‫ﯾﻼ‬‫ﺮ‬‫ﮨ‬
‫ﺯ‬
smog‫ﺍﮞ‬ ‫ﻮ‬‫ﺍﺩﮬ‬ ‫ﺮ‬‫ﮩ‬‫ﺎﮐ‬‫ﺪﯾ‬‫ﻨ‬‫ﺩﮬ‬t hatchokesLahor eandNewDel hiknowsnoboundar i
es, butcan
bet ackledt ogether .Mor eov er,theCov id-19pandemi ccont inuesitsdeadl ymar ch
acrosst hepl anet,andar egionalappr oachcanhel pbot hst atescombatt hecont agi
on.
Thisi snott osayt hatdi fferences‫ﺎﺕ‬ ‫ﻓ‬‫ﺘﻼ‬‫ﺍﺧ‬wi l
ldisappear‫ﺋﺐ‬ ‫ﺎ‬
‫ﻏ‬overnight;‫ﺋﺐ‬ ‫ﺎ‬
‫ﺍﺕﻏ‬ ‫ﻮﮞﺭ‬‫ﺗ‬‫ﺍ‬
‫ﺭ‬
Paki stanhasmaj or, legitimat e‫ﺰ‬‫ﺋ‬‫ﺎ‬
‫ﺟ‬concer ns‫ﺎﺕ‬ ‫ﺪﺷ‬‫ﺧ‬ov erNewDel hi’
sbr ut altact i
cs‫ﻇ‬
‫ﻠﯽ‬ ‫ﻤ‬‫ﻤﺖﻋ‬ ‫ﮑ‬‫ﮧﺣ‬ ‫ﻧ‬
‫ﺎ‬‫ﻤ‬
‫ﻟ‬‫ﺎ‬i
nhel dKashmi randI ndia’st r
eat mentofi tsownMusl i
m ci t
izens, as
wel lasf r
equent‫ﺑ‬ ‫ﺭ‬‫ﺭﺎ‬ ‫ﺎ‬‫ﺑ‬،,deadl y‫ﻠﮏ‬ ‫ﮩ‬‫ﻣ‬cross-LoCf ire.Yetwhi l
et hesethor nyi ssuesneed
steadyef for t
sanddi plomacyt or esolve,‫ﯾﮟ‬ ‫ﺮ‬‫ﺣﻞﮐ‬، otherpr oblemscanbedeal twithina
l
esscompl icated‫ﮦ‬‫ﺪ‬‫ﯿ‬‫ﯿﭽ‬ ‫ﭘ‬manner .Ifbil
ateralism‫ﮧﭘﻦ‬ ‫ﻓ‬‫ﺮ‬
‫ﻭﻃ‬ ‫ﺩ‬doesnotsui tthest atesat
thisjunct ure‫ﮌ‬ ‫ﻮ‬‫ﻣ‬,t
henmul ti
lateral‫ﺘﯽ‬ ‫ﮩ‬
‫ﻟﺠ‬‫ﺍ‬‫ﺮ‬‫ﯿ‬
‫ﺜ‬‫ﮐ‬orr egionalf or a,‫ﮧ‬
‫ﻘ‬‫ﻠ‬‫ﺋﯽﺣ‬ ‫ﺎ‬
‫ﻗ‬‫ﻋﻼ‬، suchast he
FAOant i-l
ocustbody ,canbeusedt otackl ecommont hr eats.Mor eover ,Saar c,which
hasl argelybecomemor i
bund, ‫ﺮ‬‫ﺎﻡﭘ‬‫ﻘ‬‫ﻮﺕﮐﮯﻣ‬ ‫ﻣ‬canal sober eact i
vated‫ﺮﮎ‬ ‫ﺘﺤ‬‫ﮦﻣ‬ ‫ﺭ‬‫ﺎ‬‫ﺑ‬
‫ﻭ‬ ‫ﺩ‬
to
approacht herelat
ivel
y‘sof t
’issuesthataffl
ictSout hAsia,
suchascl i
mat echange,
foodsecur i
ty,healt
h,etc.Itishopedar egionalstrategyischalkedoutt odealwi t
hthe
l
ocustissue, consider
ingt hethreatitposest ofoodsecur i
ty,whil
emul ti
lateralf
ora
canalsobeusedt oaddr essot hercommoni ssues.Oncepr ogressi sachievedon
thesefronts,perhapsbot hstateswillonedayhav etheconfidencet oappr oachthe
mor edi
f f
icul
tquest i
onst hathav ebedevil
led‫ﺎ‬‫ﻧ‬‫ﺮ‬
َ
‫ﺎﻥﮐ‬ ‫ﯾﺸ‬‫ﺮ‬َ
‫ﭘ‬
SouthAsiaf oroversev en
decades.

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h,2020