10-16-2003, 07:49 AM
It was expected, and soon they will abandon claim on the remaining
Kashmir and accept LOC with some minor chanages. New thinking 'Pakistan
First' will prevail.
Pak not claiming whole of Kashmir: Musharraf
DUBAI, Oct 13 (UNI): Pakistan president General Pervez Musharraf has
said that that his country was not claiming the whole of Kashmir,
although it should have come to it under the 1947 partition.
"Kashmir, like the Israeli-Palestine dispute, is subject to United
Nations resolutions and the issue can be solved through a dialogue
between Islamabad, New Delhi and the Kashmiri people," Gen Musharraf
said in an interview in the "Khaleej Times".
"We are doing our best to show much flexibility," he said and blamed
India for the SAARC stalemate and the cancellation of SAF games.
On India s secularism, the president said thousands of muslims were
burnt down in Gujarat. "Muslims left their houses and are not allowed
to come back now," he said citing reports in "India Today."
Gen Musharraf, on establishing diplomatic relations with Israel, said "
if the Palestinian issue is settled, Islamabad might consider
establishing ties with Tel Aviv."
He said public opinion was against ties with Israel. "We are part of
the muslim world and we are on the side of Arab muslim brothers," he
added.
--
Dr Shabir Choudhry
Kashmir and accept LOC with some minor chanages. New thinking 'Pakistan
First' will prevail.
Pak not claiming whole of Kashmir: Musharraf
DUBAI, Oct 13 (UNI): Pakistan president General Pervez Musharraf has
said that that his country was not claiming the whole of Kashmir,
although it should have come to it under the 1947 partition.
"Kashmir, like the Israeli-Palestine dispute, is subject to United
Nations resolutions and the issue can be solved through a dialogue
between Islamabad, New Delhi and the Kashmiri people," Gen Musharraf
said in an interview in the "Khaleej Times".
"We are doing our best to show much flexibility," he said and blamed
India for the SAARC stalemate and the cancellation of SAF games.
On India s secularism, the president said thousands of muslims were
burnt down in Gujarat. "Muslims left their houses and are not allowed
to come back now," he said citing reports in "India Today."
Gen Musharraf, on establishing diplomatic relations with Israel, said "
if the Palestinian issue is settled, Islamabad might consider
establishing ties with Tel Aviv."
He said public opinion was against ties with Israel. "We are part of
the muslim world and we are on the side of Arab muslim brothers," he
added.
--
Dr Shabir Choudhry