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| Pak support to Kashmirs will continue: Musharraf | | Student from Delhi is PoK President | | B L KAK
NEW DELHI | AUGUST 27
Amid the re-activated talk in Pakistan about the "improved chances" of a conciliatory meeting between President, Gen. Parvez Musharraf, and Indian Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh, in Cuba next month, Islamabad has re-activated the talk of 'genuinness of the movement' of Kashmiri people in Indian Kashmir. The talk, in fact, has received a fresh impetus with Gen. Musharraf's pointed reference to Pakistan's 'commitment to the cause of Kashmir'.
Apparently, provoked by the recent statement of India's Minister of State for External Affairs, E. Ahamed, in the Rajya Sabha, declaring that Kashmir "is an integral part of India" and that there will be no compromise on India's sovereignty over the State of Jammu and Kashmir, Gen. Parvez Musharraf on Saturday (August 26) declared that Pakistan would continue to extend diplomatic, political and moral support to Kashmiris for settlement of the longstanding dispute "in accordance with their aspirations". And Gen. Musharraf, in his formal interaction with the newly-elected President of the Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK), Zulqarnain Khan, reiterated Pakistan's 'commitment to the cause of Kashmir'. Understandable was Gen. Musharraf's emphasis on the need and relevance of the peace process between his country and India. But he did not elaborate on how his proposal of demilitarisation and self-governance in Kashmir manifested "this desire".
Clearly, it was by design that Gen. Musharraf chose to make just the introductory remarks in relation to Kashmir and the 'cause of Kashmiris'. The rest of the exercise by, again by design, undertaken by the PoK President. No wonder, Zulqarnain Khan, as part of his strategy to keep Gen. Musharraf in good humour, appreciated efforts of the latter for highlighting the Kashmir issue. And after the meeting was over, the PoK President, while talking to media persons, condemned the Indian Army for 'unprovoked and indiscriminate firing' on the civilian population near the Pakistani side of the Line of Control (LoC) and termed it a violation of human values and ethics. Zulqarnain insisted that there were certain elements in India who did not want the peace process to succeed.
He also criticised the Indian government for involving Pakistan in Mumbai train bombing and said some extremist Indian organisations had claimed responsibility for the heinous crime.
While regretting that India had used the Mumbai blasts as a pretext to halt the peace process, Zulqarnain rejected a 'claim' by Indian Minister of State for External Affairs, E. Ahmad, that Kashmir 'is an integral part of India'. Zulqarnain Khan, who was sworn in as the PoK Preswident in Muzafarabad on Friday, had, prior to the partition of India, studied in a school in Delhi. His father held a Ministerial post during the pre-partition days. |
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