Musharraf to discuss Kashmir in India

Ahead of his visit to India next week, Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf today said he would give importance to discussing the Kashmir iss...

Ahead of his visit to India next week, Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf today said he would give importance to discussing the Kashmir issue rather than watching the Indo-Pak cricket match in Delhi.

‘‘My visit on April 16 is not important in the context of cricket but the discussions I propose to have on Kashmir,’’ Musharraf said, addressing a student convention. He also described the Srinagar-Muzaffarabad bus service as a ‘‘right step’’.

He however said: ‘‘CBMs (like the bus) are a contribution towards the progress of the people. It is not total. You cannot say it is nothing or a zero. They are something, not enough… more needs to be done.’’

Official sources here said that former Indian diplomat S.K. Lamba and Musharraf’s close confidant and secretary of Pakistan’s National Security Council (NSC) Tariq Aziz were holding secret talks to prepare a broad agenda for the meeting. —PTI

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