Member of South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation met last week in Maldives for their 17th annual summit. It is pretty evident that India has the hegemony in the South Asian region which is why all the meetings and cooperation between the countries remain fruitless. We are well aware of the fact that the main driving forces in the region are Pakistan and India and until and unless the relationship between both the countries does not improve, the cooperation at the region level cannot be attained. Even though, the bilateral relations have warmed slightly over a few months, but the decades long rivalry still persists to be a hurdle for SAARC.
Ali Raza
Karachi