[Reader-list] Query on Indo-Pak economic history

[Ishwar Sridharan]

Hi all,

In one of the recent op-ed articles on Dawn, the Pakistani English 
daily, the author Shahid Javed Burki had remarked the following in his 
article[1]
...
Initially, the Indian government tried hard to cripple Pakistan 
economically as it was trying to stand on its feet after having gained 
independence.
...
Is this an opinion or a substantiated fact? If that was indeed the case, 
it'll be interesting to know why, how and by whom was this done. 
Comments, anybody?


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Thanks,
Ishwar.

[1]http://dawn.com/2008/12/23/op.htm#1