Musharraf slams the West for ignoring Kashmir

Former president Pervez Musharraf slammed the international community, particularly the West, for persistently ignoring the Kashmir issue, and for singling out Pakistan for all blames, in an interview with German magazine Der Spiegel.

“The West was ignoring the resolution of the Kashmir issue, which is the core issue of Pakistan. We expected the West — especially the United States and important countries like Germany — to resolve the Kashmir issue. Has Germany done that?” the former Pakistan military ruler asked.

Musharraf accepted that Pakistan had trained underground militant groups to fight in Kashmir.

“They (underground militant groups to fight against India in Kashmir) were indeed formed,” Musharraf said.

Musharraf’s remarks came days after he announced his return to active politics from London where he has been living in self-imposed exile.

Asked why did Pakistan train militant underground groups to fight India in Kashmir, the former President said, Nawaz Sharif’s apathy to the Kashmir issue was one of the reasons, as was the fact that the world had turned a blind eye to the dispute.

“Yes, it is the right of any country to promote its own interests… when India is not prepared to discuss Kashmir at the United Nations and is not prepared to resolve the dispute in a peaceful manner,” Musharraf claimed.

“The (Nawaz Sharif) government turned a blind eye because they wanted India to discuss Kashmir,” he said.

Musharraf indicated he had no regrets for the Kargil intrusion, that led to an armed conflict with India in 1999, and argued that each country had a right to promote its national interest.

Musharraf also dubbed nuclear scientist A Q Khan as “characterless” and rejected his claims that Pakistani army had monitored and organised clandestine atomic deals with countries like Iran and North Korea.

“Mr (A Q) Khan is a characterless man,” Musharraf told the German magazine when asked about the Pakistani nuclear scientist whom he had put under house arrest on charges of proliferation of nuclear technologies to ‘rogue’ countries like North Korea and Iran.

On Khan’s claims that the Pakistani army monitored and organized such nuclear deals, he said “that is wrong, absolutely wrong.”

“I would be a traitor if I had ever given our nuclear weapons to the United States. This capability is our pride and it will never be compromised,” he said.

The genius has openly accepted which was already known to everyone Be cautioned about what is going on a private TV network. It is not a hidden thing that this channel has a personal tussle with Pervez Musharraf. So they are trying to notorious Musharraf on the cast of nation interest. What Musharraf said about Kashmir is needed to see in whole context of interview.

If you read this interview, the reporter said “Why did you form militant underground groups to fight India in Kashmir?’’
Musharraf replied,” They were indeed formed. The government turned a blind eye because they wanted India to discuss Kashmir.”
Reporter: It was the Pakistani security forces that trained them. Musharraf: The West was ignoring the resolution of the Kashmir issue, which is the core issue of Pakistan. We expected the West — especially the United States and important countries like Germany — to resolve the Kashmir issue. Has Germany done that?
Reporter: Does that give Pakistan the right to train underground fighters? Musharraf: Yes, it is the right of any country to promote its own interests when India is not prepared to discuss Kashmir at the United Nations and is not prepared to resolve the dispute in a peaceful manner.
That was all Q and A about Kashmir, now you all critics tell me what he said is that wrong? Or against the Pakistan. We should not trust whom they have a tussle with Musharraf.