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Originally Posted by teggy
He presented flexibility and forced India into a position where it could no longer chant 'Pakistan is never flexible and never ready to discuss the matter diplomatically'. Too bad nothing was accomplished.
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Mere rhetoric does not mean flexibility. After all it the same person who was responsible for the attack on India in Kargil ……. Inspite of that the Indian leadership wanted to continue dialogue with him.
India presented some 12 concrete proposals during 2003. Of the 12 I would like to stress 2 in particular that we can review in view on what has happened recently
The first one was the proposal for opening up travel between the Srinagar - Muzzafarabad. This was a proposal in good faith.
The then Pakistan administration resisted this by insisting on involving UN. And then you claim that Pakistan has been even handed on Kashmir.
Another proposal from India was for treatment of 20 children per year on its own cost. This was after the successful operation on Baby Noor. Now this was in good faith as it was doctors in Pakistan which had felt that India had better facilities in some areas for treatment. How did Pakistan respond ….. they said they will give free to 40 children in Karachi and Lahore. Now after 5 years how many children have been treated in Pakistan? And how many have been treated in India?
To add to this Pakistan establishment came up with another gem
“Pakistan would offer one hundred scholarships for Kashmiri students to study in professional institutions provide treatment for disabled Kashmir’s and assist widows and victims of rape in Indian held Kashmir through international human rights organizations,"
This was supposed to be a confidence building measure from Pakistan to India !!!!!