October 26, 2004

Kashmir - Not so fast...

Sepia Mutiny recently reported The New Hope for settling the decades old Kashmiri situation. Alas, the plan appears to be DOA - CNN.com - Kashmir plan rejected in Pakistan - Oct 26, 2004 -

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) -- Pakistan's opposition rejected a formula proposed by the country's president for solving the lingering issue of Kashmir, saying on Tuesday they will never allow him to change the status of Kashmir against the wishes of its people.

The Pakistani opposition's reaction came a day after President Gen. Pervez Musharraf told journalists in Islamabad that Pakistan and India must consider changing their positions on Kashmir to settle a decades-old dispute over the Himalayan region. Both nations claim the Himalayan region in its entirety.

"We have arrived at a stage where ... we have to consider options in a purposeful manner going toward a solution" over Kashmir, Musharraf said Monday.

He said New Delhi and Islamabad should consider making some areas of Kashmir independent, placing them under joint Indian-Pakistani control, or putting them under the administration of the United Nations.

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