Infrastructure and Economy: The Growing Economic Divide Across the Line of Control

Seven years after the abrogation of Article 370 in August 2019, an empirical look across the Line of Control (LoC) highlights a dramatic structural contrast. While Indian Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) is undergoing an unprecedented economic renaissance driven by mega infrastructure investments, Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir (PoK) remains caught in chronic economic stagnation, resource exploitation, and violent civil unrest.