Pakistan normalizes trade relations with India

Pakistan granted its longtime rival “most-favored nation” status Wednesday. The Indian government welcomed the news, as did business leaders on both sides of the border.

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June 13, 2011

Indian and Pakistani troops patrol along the Wagah border crossing. India and Pakistan have fought three wars since 1947, but the atmospherics between the countries have improved since their foreign ministers promised an era of more stable relations at a meeting in New Delhi in July.

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Oct. 15, 2011

A Kashmiri Muslim carries an unconscious relative of Sajjad Ahmad Parray after she collapsed during his funeral procession in Ghariand, about 25 miles northwest of Srinagar, India. Parray, an Indian policeman, succumbed to injuries he suffered in a suspected militant attack, police said.

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July 14, 2010

Muhammad Munawar prays at the grave of his 17-year-old son, Waleed, in Chenab Nagar, Pakistan. Waleed was killed in attacks on the Ahmadi mosques in Lahore in May 2010. The Ahmadis, who define themselves as Muslim but could face years in prison if they openly declare or practice their faith, have suffered persecution and discrimination in this Islamic country for decades.

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October 13, 2011

Iron rods are transported on a horse cart to a construction site on the outskirts of the Indian state of Jammu. Business leaders have welcomed Pakistan's move to confer "most favored nation" status on India. India granted MFN status to Pakistan in 1996.

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Oct. 5, 2011.

Policemen prevent supporters of Kashmir's main opposition party from proceeding forward during a protest in Srinagar, India. The party was demanding a high-level probe into the custodial death of a governing party worker after the disputed region's top elected official handed him over to investigators for probing charges that he took money from people, promising to get them nominated as lawmakers.

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Oct. 25, 2011

A paramilitary soldier, injured in a suspected militant attack, is brought to a hospital in Srinagar, India. Srinagar is the summer capital of Indian-controlled Kashmir, a Himalayan region that is claimed by both India and Pakistan.

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Sept. 6, 2011

Pakistani soldiers march during a ceremony in Lahore to mark Defense Day, which commemorates the lives lost in a war fought against neighboring India in 1965.

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April 11, 2011

A Pakistani police officer patrols the Wagah railway station after the arrival of Indian Sikh pilgrims. The pilgrims arrived to celebrate the Sikh New Year at the birthplace of the founder of their faith, a few miles southwest of Lahore.

ARIF ALI / AFP/GETTY IMAGES

Oct. 27, 2011

Soldiers patrol during a strike last month in Srinagar, Indian-held Kashmir’s summer capital. India-Pakistan trade ties had for decades been held hostage to hostilities, including a dispute over Kashmir.

Mukhtar Khan / AP

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