Brass Tacks Paper Kashmir Amarnath Dogra Conspiracy

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Date: September 27, 2008

BrassTacks Policy PaperKashmir, Amranath shrine and Dograconspiracy

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Kashmir, Amranath shrine and Dogra conspiracy

Historical perspective of 110-years-old Dogra "conspiracy to lean Kashmir towards Hindu land instead of Muslim Punjab" finally it ends in a mess.

By Farzana Shah

On September 9 after taking the oath as the 12

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President of Pakistan Mr. Asif AliZardari opined at a joint press conference with the Afghan President Hamid Karzaithat there could be a forward movement on resolving the Kashmir issue soon. Hesaid, “Insha Allah, we will have some good news on Kashmir before the generalelections in India slated for next year”. He further said that the work done through theback-channel diplomacy will also be part of the drive to solve the Kashmir issuewithin a year. He did not elaborate upon the Back- Channel diplomacy but the evervigilant Sheikh Rashid, a former member of the PML-Q and who has now formed hisown faction the Awami Muslim League, while addressing a public meeting onSeptember 11 had something startling to reveal that the secret talks were underway inLondon for the ‘under the table’ deal over Kashmir.In the recent past some statements of Mr. Zardari that “we should not be held hostageto the Kashmir issue and instead should move on”, had drawn flaks from differentquarters in Pakistan and IHK. At the same time the recent moves of the Indiangovernment for the transfer of some adjacent land to the Amarnaath shrine has addedyet another dimension to the Kashmir problem. It seems a stage is gradually being setfor both sides for some give and take on the Kashmir issue. However, it remains to beseen whether such a give and take will be in favour of Pakistan and Kashmiris or itwould be tantamount to giving India the cake and letting her to eat it too.The transfer of Kashmiri land to Amarnath Shrine board by India last month hasinjected a new spirit in the Kashmiris struggle for self-determination. The sea of Kashmiri people thronging to the roads, participating in large agitational ralliesraising pro-independence, pro-Pakistan slogans and carrying green Pakistani flags,has sent shivers down the Indian spine.The land transfer decision followed by the BJP attempt to give it a religious colourworsened the situation further forcing Indian government to resort to use of force.The Indian government atrocity coupled with the BJP’s non-secular tactics helped allthe Kashmiri political parties to join hands for freedom.