Abstract
Relationship between India and Pakistan has continued to deteriorate since the emergence of Narendra Modi as the Prime Minister of India since his foreign policy and national security strategies have remained primarily centered on Hindu-Nationalistic agenda. Modi has focused on promoting the Hindu Narratives through BJP cadres by undermining and unfairly treating the Indian muslims as well as other religious minorities. Furthermore, the Indian foreign policy towards Pakistan has pre-dominantly remained assertive while continuous tensions alongside LoC, the apprehension of Kulbhushan Yadav, the 26th February attacks and subsequently the abrogation of Article 370 and Article 35-A of the Indian Constitution to revoke the Special Status of Jammu and Kashmir has actually led Pakistan to completely halt its diplomatic ties with India. Since 2019; relationship between Pakistan and India have remained halted, intense and have been marked by high tensions while the leadership of both sides continually accuses each other in public discourse in order to keep the other side pressurized while subsequently appease their domestic audience. Furthermore, the Intensified relationship between the two countries has seriously jeopardized the regional dynamics as diplomacy, economic cooperation, security relationship and socioeconomic cooperation remains ceased while organizations like SAARC have practically remained non-existent in managing or controlling the affairs between the two nuclear states. Extremist tendencies promoted by Modi led India have the propensity to further polarize and deteriorate the regional stability while bring Pakistan and India on the verge of military conflict that could transform in to a nuclear conflict as a result of one miscalculated decision from either side. There is a need for global powers and International Organizations like the UNMOGIP to intervene and bridge the trust between Pakistan and India by addressing issues like Water Dispute and collaboration on countering terrorism in order to eventually address the bigger elephant (Kashmir Dispute) that has remained the major dispute between the two states. This research study is qualitative, analytical and deductive in nature while identity theory has been applied in order to analyze the decisions of both states through constructivist framework.