It is true walking in acid rain or even swimming in acid lake is no more dangerous than walking in clean water.
The Great Lakes were formed during the last ice age.
India and Pakistan used to be one country up until 1947 - when the Partition of India happened.
Ever since then their relationship has been very problematic - Kashmir is disputed between the two nations, and their relationship can be described as competition (for example they both have nuclear arms and had a kind of unofficial competition over who has more ).