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Economic Co-operation Between Two PunjabsEconomic Cooperation Agreement • September 11th, 2007
East Punjab and West Punjab were allocated respectively to India and Pakistan in 1947. The partition divided the Punjab into Indian Punjab and Pakistani Punjab. Before partition the flow of economic progress of the region was towards central Punjab represented by two prominent cities, Lahore as political capital of Punjab and cultural centre of north India and Amritsar as centre of trade and commerce. There was emerging possibility of fast economic progress of this agriculturally progressive region and later on transition towards industrial economy. The line of partition changed the direction of economic progress from the region centric towards outside big cities of the two countries as the two central cities of the region (Lahore and Amritsar) had been converted into border cities. The unnatural line of divide put the transition of the Punjab from agricultural economy into industrial economy for behind the potentials. In spite of green revolution both the Punjabs continue to be agricu
