Kashmir dispute should be resolved in ‘just and fair’ manner: Abdul Basit
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Pakistan High Commissioner to India, Abdul Basit said the Kashmir dispute should be resolved in a ‘just and fair’ manner through dialogue, The Hindu website reported.
Basit made the remarks on Sunday while speaking to the media at Hyderabad Press Club.
He said that relations between Pakistan and India should not be held hostage due to Kashmir.
“India-Pakistan relations are very important and also very complex at the same time,” he said.
He regretted cancellation of talks between the two countries and expressed hope that efforts to ‘break the ice’ would yield results.
Read more: India calls off foreign secretary level talks with Pakistan
“As a diplomat, I am trying to strengthen the ties and I hope during my tenure in India things will move ahead,” the Hindu reported Basit as saying.
The high commissioner said he wanted Pakistan and India to come together to tackle serious issues like terrorism, human trafficking, organised crime, and climate change.
India called off foreign secretary-level bilateral talks with Pakistan in August following criticism of Abdul Basit’s meeting with Hurriyat leader Shabir Shah.
The two countries had scheduled talks between their foreign secretaries for August 25.
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Nov 17, 2014 06:48pm
" Just and Fair" for Pakistan means handing Kashmir over, or Pakistan will keep sending proxies !
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Nov 17, 2014 06:51pm
Does this mean no more talks with the Huriyat gang?
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Nov 17, 2014 06:57pm
I think Mr. Basit makes a very sensible statement. This gives both nations space to manage public opinion.
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Nov 17, 2014 07:27pm
67 years down the road, the same old dialogues and ideas repeated umpteenth of times. I tis never going to be resolved.
Strongly suggest that Pakistan concentrate on significantly more demanding issues at home and stop wasting its time. Kashmir is a card that is played to arouse sentiments and divert attention of the public.
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Nov 17, 2014 07:54pm
he should be fired.
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Nov 17, 2014 08:06pm
Here we go again....!
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Nov 17, 2014 08:21pm
Practicality is very important when talking about final settlement. LOC could be a final settlement as international boundary. Then both the nations work towards building their respective nations rather than haggling...
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Nov 17, 2014 08:28pm
@jay`1980 yup!
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Nov 17, 2014 08:32pm
It was always a question of who blinks first. akistan is beginning to blink and I feel India should continue to hold its ground and we will see Pakistan giving lot of concessions.
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Nov 17, 2014 08:54pm
Islam teaches the mankind to be kind and just to your Neighbours,
Both Nations must overcome mountbatton disputes.
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Nov 17, 2014 09:00pm
Is it just me or does this guy look like Zardari?
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Nov 17, 2014 09:01pm
@@OnLineDahwah2U Hinduism teaches you are your neighbour, you are the world, you are me and I am you, all are one and same.
-Advaita Vedanata
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Nov 17, 2014 09:02pm
What is 'fair and just' solution? If Kashmir is imagined as zero sum game or projected then what can be the solution 'fair and just' for all ?
I wish Mr.Abdul Basit could have been much more clearer.
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Nov 17, 2014 09:05pm
I think India and Pakistan should forget this topic called Kashmir and focus on economic development.
Kashmiri people in both sides of the border are fed up of this India Pakistan politics.
They need peace.
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Nov 17, 2014 09:12pm
@munir ud din
That's the only time I'll agree with you.
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Nov 17, 2014 09:21pm
Exactly! If only Pakistan decides to talk to India, not the separatists who think they represent Kashmiris but they don't.
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Nov 17, 2014 09:21pm
Very simple outcome : Pakistan will never give up kashmiri issue or can never win a war against India, inturn it is spoiling its own growth and development. A country cannot eradicate a simple Polio, what else can it do? just think
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Nov 17, 2014 09:21pm
Very simple outcome : Pakistan will never give up kashmiri issue or can never win a war against India, inturn it is spoiling its own growth and development. A country cannot eradicate a simple Polio, what else it can do? just think
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Nov 17, 2014 09:21pm
So now no letter to un ..no one in the world listen to this poor country
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Nov 17, 2014 09:26pm
“As a diplomat, I am trying to strengthen the ties and I hope during my tenure in India things will move ahead,”
Say again, High Commissioner. Wasn't it your untimely meeting with the Kashmiri leaders that has caused the current chill in the relationship?
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Nov 17, 2014 09:29pm
Is this your "Out of the BOX" thinking?
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Nov 17, 2014 09:33pm
Forget Kashmir talk about your problems
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Nov 17, 2014 09:56pm
"He said that relations between Pakistan and India should not be held hostage due to Kashmir."
But that is precisely what you did and derailed the dialogue, Your Excellency. Duh!!!
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Nov 17, 2014 10:43pm
@Rishi And how do you come up with the theory that Pakistan is blinking from HC's comments?
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Nov 17, 2014 11:58pm
@Laddoo Diplomatic language is always subtle, you need to read between the lines.
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Nov 18, 2014 01:55am
He is 100 percent right.
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Nov 18, 2014 04:05am
@Dr.Malaria Prasad - agreed, let us leave them alone, let us declare whole Kashmir an independent state.
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Nov 18, 2014 04:31am
When Mr Basit is saying "The high commissioner said he wanted Pakistan and India to come together to tackle serious issues like terrorism, human trafficking, organised crime, and climate change." At the highest level Mr Sartaz Aziz is saying that Pakistan should not fight militants who are not against Pakistan. Same old theory of good terrorists and bad terrorists. What should the WORLD and INDIA believe???
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Nov 18, 2014 05:35am
Slowly gaining his wisdom. Better late than never. At the same time I have read so much on J&K but don't understand what pakistan wants when they talk about solution.
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Nov 18, 2014 05:59am
So which one of yoos is called IndianChristian!!:)
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Nov 18, 2014 06:06am
So far, Kashmir issue has brought nothing but terrorism, poverty, bad international relations, economic disaster, wars and bitterness to Pakistan. I ask you, was it all worth it ? and going forward are we ready for more of this for next 100 years ?
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Nov 18, 2014 06:11am
Actually, I personally think the best way Mr. Basit can help the peace process is by taking a back seat.
The present indian govt see him as the one who ignored a direct request, so they will hardly listen to Mr. Basit.
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Nov 18, 2014 06:13am
If Kashmir selleld millions of terrorists in khaki will be jobless. So keep debating kasmir for another 100 years.
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Nov 18, 2014 06:27am
I recollect one Indian defence secretary once emphatically stating in a news article that when Pakistan gave a portion of Kashmir or Indrapuri as the Indians call Kashmir, albiet only a small strip of land to a neighbouring power as a kindly gesture, that burnt a hole of anger in all Indians. For that reason alone India has since refused to even discuss the Kashmiri issue.
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Nov 18, 2014 06:39am
@AJKhattak did u asked your government? if you know your governments narratves, you will be surprised.
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Nov 18, 2014 06:50am
We as Pakistanis should accept the LOC as the legal border and move on. Because of Kashmir the rest of the country has been suffering.
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Nov 18, 2014 06:57am
First and foremost , rollback the Kashmir state prior to 1990. Let the normalcy return , then we talk about the Kashmir. Till that , their is no point in talking to Pakistan on Kashmir. Pakistan is still dreaming about, dividing Kashmir from India? For practical reason it will not happen for another 100 years. Instead of focusing on Kashmir , Pakistan better focus on its internal security
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Nov 18, 2014 07:02am
" Just and fair" means what is desired and acceptable by Pakistan !
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Nov 18, 2014 07:13am
The solution is pretty clear and very close.....Once BJP wins the election in Kashmir ,the special status will be revoked and it will be repopulated with indigenous people like the Brahmans who once were the majority .....Once this happens peace will be resorted once and for all.....So Pakistan shouldn't be too worried because the solution is not in their hand and never was....So just sit back relax and enjoy the ride.....
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Nov 18, 2014 07:15am
@Dr. Salaria, Aamir Ahmad
I requested you to try to write more than one sentence!
Why don't you try?
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Nov 18, 2014 08:04am
Why worried about Kashmir. There are 2 things that its needs after separating " first finance and second security" Is Pakistan in any position to provide that.
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Nov 20, 2014 12:22am
@Prazzy why dont you let Kasmiri people decide what they want
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