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On Musharrafspeak

This refers to the former Pakistan President, Pervez Musharraf’s warning that there will be more Kargils and Siachens if the Kashmir issue is left unresolved. It is astonishing that even after quitting the post of President, the retired general has not realised the importance of cordial relations between India and Pakistan. It was he who was responsible for the Kargil war and his country had to pay a heavy price for his misadventure. He does not seem to repent his act of allowing terror infrastructure to flourish along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border, which has now come back to haunt his country.

I am sure the day will come when Pakistan will stand isolated in the international community.

J.P. Reddy,

Nalgonda

Lok Sabha member Mehmood Madani deserves to be commended for joining issue with Gen. Musharraf when the latter referred to the condition of Muslims in India. As pointed out by a former minister of Pakistan in Chennai recently, more Muslims are killed by the Taliban which implements its barbaric version of the Sharia.

It is India’s secular democratic set-up — in contrast to the continued feudal dispensation in Pakistan — that provides for methods to correct the problems which crop up in our society from time to time. Crocodile tears shed by the likes of Gen. Musharraf from outside are entirely uncalled for.

Kasim Sait,

Chennai

Gen. Musharraf’s remarks at the India Today conclave are one-sided and a deliberate distortion of the truth. He makes it appear as though Kashmir is the one and only issue responsible for the mindless acts of cross-border terrorism. Jammu & Kashmir is an integral part of India and the people living there are better off than their counterparts in PoK. The man who indulged in the Kargil misadventure seems to exculpate the terrorists and their sponsors.

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