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Musharraf trying to find way out of Kashmir morass: Pak media
New Delhi, June 15: Pakistan`s `bleed India` policy on Kashmir has confounded the expectations of strategists in Islamabad and the recent peace gestures by President Pervez Musharraf were seen as an indication that he was looking for a way to get out of Kashmir morass, says a Pakistani monthly magazine.
New Delhi, June 15: Pakistan's "bleed India" policy on Kashmir has confounded the expectations of strategists in Islamabad and the recent peace gestures by President Pervez Musharraf were seen as an indication that he was looking for a way to get out of Kashmir morass, says a Pakistani monthly magazine.
"Pakistan's rationale for its covert war in Kashmir has
been two-fold. The first objective of the long term, low
intensity war was to bleed India in the hope that it would
eventually cut its losses and quit Kashmir," writes Pervez
Hoodbhoy, a professor in Quid-e-Azam University, in
Karachi-based magazine "News Line".
"...India's resolve and strength have not been weakened. On the contrary, an unprecedented show of national unity emerged in India in response to Pakistan's infiltration of troops and militants across the line of control," Hoodbhoy, who is an important member of Islamabad's think-tank, said.
"More significantly, confounding the expectations of Pakistani strategists, India's economy remained unharmed. Instead, it boomed. Its foreign exchange reserves currently stand at more than 70 billion dollar and Indian scientific institutions are now being counted among the world's best.”
"Its high tech companies alone last year brought in ten billion dollars foreign exchange, which is more than Pakistan's total foreign exchange holdings," he said.
"And so (Atal Bihari) Vajpayee's peace move is welcome. There is indication that General Pervez Musharraf is looking for a way out of the Kashmir morass," he said.
Bureau Report
"...India's resolve and strength have not been weakened. On the contrary, an unprecedented show of national unity emerged in India in response to Pakistan's infiltration of troops and militants across the line of control," Hoodbhoy, who is an important member of Islamabad's think-tank, said.
"More significantly, confounding the expectations of Pakistani strategists, India's economy remained unharmed. Instead, it boomed. Its foreign exchange reserves currently stand at more than 70 billion dollar and Indian scientific institutions are now being counted among the world's best.”
"Its high tech companies alone last year brought in ten billion dollars foreign exchange, which is more than Pakistan's total foreign exchange holdings," he said.
"And so (Atal Bihari) Vajpayee's peace move is welcome. There is indication that General Pervez Musharraf is looking for a way out of the Kashmir morass," he said.
Bureau Report