Jammu And Kashmir - 2

[Naresh]

<b>Dear All :</b>

The news of Indian Railways transporting DEMUs by Road is going to cause Severe Heartburns to the Denizens of the Land of the Pure.

I quote below the Last Paragraph of the following Article :

[center]<b><span style='font-size:14pt;line-height:100%'>Kashmir options : an analysis</span></b>[/center]

[center]<b><span style='font-size:11pt;line-height:100%'>Altaf Qadri</span></b>[/center]

<b>Yet another challenge is waiting — <span style='font-size:12pt;line-height:100%'>that approximately till 2010, a metallic road link from Jammu to Srinagar is likely to be established. The significance of it is that the geo-political edge that Pakistan had over the valley of Kashmir will be completely compromised.<!--emo&:flush--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/Flush.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='Flush.gif' /><!--endemo--> In fact, it will consume less effort and time to reach to Indian Punjab than to reach Rawalpindi.</span><!--emo&tupid--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/pakee.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='pakee.gif' /><!--endemo--> Taking stock of the situation it appears that the joint control option is not first of all viable and above all it would not be a political response to the aspirations of the people of Kashmir. However, there should not be any inhibition in seeking an independent sovereign status for the valley of Kashmir with comprehensive international representation. Because Pakistan must, for its own security reasons, seek a solution that places Kashmir at a neutral position in whatever capacity.</b>

<i>The writer is a freelance columnist : altafqadri@hotmail.co</i>

Cheers <!--emo&:beer--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/cheers.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='cheers.gif' /><!--endemo-->