Risk of India-Pakistan war may hang on the fate of downed pilot via Business
-- As Asia’s most acrimonious rivals face off, the fate of a captured Indian Air Force pilot may hold the key to whether -- and how -- each side is able to step back from broader conflict.India and Pakistan, which have fought three major wars since the bloody partition of 1947, regularly exchange artillery and small-weapons fire across a disputed border.
3 billion is forecast to overtake China’s to become the world’s largest by 2024.New Delhi and Islamabad both say publicly they don’t want the situation to escalate. But domestic politics suggest India and Pakistan may continue to spar regardless. Modi, a Hindu nationalist, is facing a stiffer contest for re-election this spring than had been projected even a few months back, as he reaches out to his country’s more than 875 million voters at a time of weak job growth.
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