Hypocrisy of Pervez Musharraf and Kashmiri struggle

Writes Khalid Hasan from Washington DC
The Kashmiris are disillusioned with the road the Musharraf government has taken. They were never consulted and their feeling is that Pakistan has thrown in the towel.

The UN Security Council resolutions, the bedrock of Pakistan’s case on Kashmir, have been abandoned by Gen Pervez Musharraf. He may be thinking “out of the box” and showing “flexibility”, but India has continued to maintain its old, hardline position.

The Kashmiris are an extremely intelligent and well-informed people and they can clearly see the direction in which things are moving.

I am astounded by Mr Bhandara’s adoption of the Indian argument that “any sudden change in Kashmir’s status is likely to hit Muslims in India.”

“If the proven and well-demonstrated loyalty of Indian Muslims since independence does not guarantee their security or well-being in India, how will the coerced allegiance of the Kashmiri Muslims do that ?”

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