Despite the flare-ups on the border between the two countries, relationships between the Indian and Pakistani people residing in the UAE are strong. They work together, live together, eat together and enjoy each-other's company. Expats from both countries share their feelings about one and other and underline the fact that war betwwen them is a mistake. See more at: http://gulfnews.com/gntv
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00:00Nuclear neighbors, India and Pakistan are engaged in deadly clashes across the line
00:08of control, sparking fears of a major conflict breaking out.
00:13Diplomatic relations have come to a standstill, and hyper-nationalists on both sides of the
00:17border are sounding out war cries, and peace has taken a back seat.
00:23But in the UAE, where 2.6 million Indians and 1.2 million Pakistanis co-exist, there
00:30are no flare-ups, but only friendship that goes beyond politics.
00:53India and Pakistan are engaged in deadly clashes across the line of control, sparking
01:18fears of a major conflict breaking out, and peace has taken a back seat.
01:30In fact, because I'm from Pakistan, and my roots are actually from India, and a lot of
01:34people in India have roots from Pakistan, so I think either of the countries, I mean
01:40Pakistan and India saying, going to war with each other, for me, it's pretty much like
01:44us going to war with ourselves.
01:47So that's pretty much it, we don't believe in all of that, we're pretty happy with each
01:52other.
01:53We are at a workers' accommodation in the Muzaffar Industrial Area in Abu Dhabi, where
01:59more than 100 blue-collar workers, both from India and Pakistan, are residing.
02:05Even while sharing the same living space, they have only stories of friendship and harmony
02:10to share.
02:12We are all brothers and sisters, we don't have any problems, we are all friends, we
02:18don't have any conflicts in the country.
02:21We come to this country to earn, so we should all be together, as friends, as brothers,
02:27and what is happening in our homes, it shouldn't be happening in this country.
02:33Why is it not good for the government here, and for this country?
02:37Why is this country giving us work?
02:40There is a lot of conflict between India and Pakistan, but here, you have a friend,
02:44a Pakistani friend.
02:45How is that?
02:46We have left the country, we are all brothers, but we have left India and Pakistan, and
02:53now we are here in Abu Dhabi.
02:56We have come here for work, and they have come here for work.
03:01There is no problem in our relationship.
03:04Our room is Pakistani, and the other room is also Pakistani.
03:08One room is Indian, we don't have any problem with each other.
03:12As people who share the same dreams and aspirations of building a better life for themselves and
03:18their families, Indian and Pakistani expatriates in the UAE remain insulated from the political
03:24clashes gripping their countries back home.
03:27Their only hope is their peaceful coexistence and friendship will resonate with their respective
03:33countries in India and Pakistan.
03:35Anjana Shankar for Express.