<prompt> Some Pakistani commentators have argued that Indian leaders specifically rejected the notion of such a confederation during the early years of the Cold War, when Pakistan attempted to covertly contact India to outline the possibility of Indo-Pakistani defense cooperation in Kashmir against growing Chinese ambitions in the region, which was rejected by India with the reasoning that the entirety of Kashmir is an integral part of India alone which shuts down the question of any Pakistani presence in the region. Baadhi ya waandishi wa Pakistan wamesema kwamba viongozi wa India walikataa wazo la muungano huo wakati wa miaka ya mwanzo ya Vita Baridi, wakati Pakistan ilipojaribu kuwasiliana na India kwa siri ili kuelezea uwezekano wa ushirikiano wa ulinzi wa India na Pakistan huko Kashmir dhidi ya matamanio ya China yanayokua katika mkoa huo, ambayo ilikataliwa na India kwa sababu kwamba Kashmir nzima ni sehemu ya India pekee ambayo inaondoa suala la uwepo wowote wa Pakistan katika mkoa huo. Wengine wamedai kwamba mataifa mawili hayamaanishi mataifa mawili, na ukweli kwamba Bangladesh haikuungana na India licha ya kufanana kwa kitamaduni haswa na Bengal ya India baada ya kujitenga na Pakistan  <response>: inaunga mkono nadharia ya awali ya mataifa mawili inayodaiwa na Harakati ya Pakistan. 