Kashmir and the ill-advice

Kashmir and the ill-advice

Dr. Jassim Taqui

At a time when the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi continues using force against the Kashmiri intifada, the former Pakistan’s ambassador to the United States Hussain Haqqani came with a new controversial proposal. This time, Haqqani proposed that India should leave Azad Jammu and Kashmir to Pakistan while occupied J&K should be handled by India. This practically means an endorsement of Modi’s repression in occupied Kashmir, which has been condemned by the UN Secretary General  Ban Ki-Moon and most Western countries. Even the Indian media has condemned the Indian brutalities in Kashmir.

Pakistan has only demanded that the issue of J&K

should be resolved by holding a plebiscite in Kashmir under the UN and in line with the UNSC resolution of 1948. Also, the plebiscite should include the Kashmiri people on both sides, that is, Azad Jammu and Kashmir and the Indian occupied J&K.

Most probably, Hussain Haqqani has emerged as a spoiler. For, the civil and military leaderships in Pakistan are on one page regarding the core Kashmir issue. India, itself has agreed to include Kashmir in the composite dialogue between New Delhi and Islamabad.

This should also expose the two faces of Haqqani and the damage he caused to the issue of Kashmir while he was Pak ambassador to the United States. Additionally, Haqqani played a highly negative role against the Pakistan army on the behest of rogue elements in Pakistan and the United States at a time when the army is leading a war against terror in all over Pakistan.