Foreign Minister-level talks with Pakistan ended in 2016, after the Uri attacks. Since Operation Sindoor, contact between the two nations on nearly all fronts has ended. The Kartarpur Corridor is closed and the Home Ministry had banned jathas to Nankana Sahib as well. Practically, the only area where Indian representatives are still talking to Pakistan is cricket; where Rajeev Shukla and Ashish Shelar, representing the BCCI , are negotiating with Asian Cricket Cup president Mohsin Naqvi, Pakistan’s Interior Minister, to return the ACC cup.

The latter has locked up the trophy in his Dubai office and insists he will only hand it over personally to a member of the winning team in the presence of one BCCI representative. Naqvi is believed to be backed by his government and, more importa

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