Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has said that in order to solve the Kashmir issue, India has to take 'brave decisions' on his self-governance and demilitarisation proposals, which he terms as 'bold and well considered'.
In a meeting with British historian Alistair Lamb in Islamabad on Tuesday, Musharraf said the two proposals were bold and well considered in the context of finding a solution to the Kashmir issue, which would be acceptable to Pakistan, India and the people of Kashmir.
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Musharraf said India will have to take brave decisions in this regard. Lamb, in his book titled Kashmir: A Disputed Legacy, propounded a theory that the British government had 'conspired' with the Indian Union at the time of partition to prevent Kashmir's accession to Pakistan because it (Britain) needed a vantage point in Central Asia.
Lamb is in Islamabad on an official invitation to speak in different meetings, including in a seminar being organised by the Pakistan government on Kashmir Day, observed by Pakistan on February 5.
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Lamb said he had been 'enormously encouraged' by the President's ideas, which had rekindled international interest in seeking a settlement of the Kashmir dispute, official APP news agency reported. He also expressed his readiness in finding ways to move forward the process of finding a durable solution to the Kashmir issue.