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PoK PM bats for India, says Pak not ready to seek Kashmir resolution | In an unexpected shift of strategy, Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) Prime Minister Raja Farooq Haider has asked the Gilani government not to link the controversial Kashmir issue with the renewed deliberations with India. Haider said that instead of linking the resolution of Kashmir issue
with the ongoing negotiations with India , the government should first try to
resolve other ‘small irritants’. “ Pakistan is facing a formidable security challenge
from militants and is not in a position to effectively fight the case of Kashmir
at this important juncture of history,” he said. “ Pakistan and India should maintain
the status quo on Kashmir for some time. It would be wiser for Pakistan to wait
for the right time to restart negotiations on Kashmir ,” said Haider during an
interview to The News. Haider, however, added that he does not intend to mean
that Pakistan ’s traditional stand on Kashmir should be reversed. “What I am trying
to suggest is that this is not the right time to negotiate Kashmir with the Indians,
as Islamabad ’s position is obviously quite weak because of its internal vulnerabilities,”
he said. When asked about former foreign minister Khursheed Kasuri’s claims that
both India and Pakistan had worked out a formula concerning the decades old issue
during General Pervez Musharraf’s regime, Haider said : “No Kashmiri would have
accepted it.” He also backed the proposal to give the status of ‘Most Favourite
Nation’ (MFN) to India and allow New Delhi to use Pakistani soil as a transit
route for trade purposes. It may be noted that New Delhi has already given Islamabad
the said status, but the later has refused to reciprocate unless the Kashmir issue
is resolved. Haider also backed India ’s inclusion the proposed Pakistan-Iran
gas pipeline project and providing transit facility for India to trade with Afghanistan. |
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