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Pakistan will break if it gets Kashmir, says new book

"It is not in the interest of Pakistan to solve the Kashmir problem as the fundamentalist forces will then become issueless," the book titled 'Pakistan: From Jinnah to Jehad' says.

With the military regime compromising with religious extremist elements which could further the 'Talibanisation' of Pakistan, all prevailing indicators show that the country is facing the possibility of a civil war, it says.

The pulls and pressures of religious elements, the serious political problems over water sharing between different provinces, the Shia-Sunni rift, the conflict between tribals in areas bordering Afghanistan and the government machinery, the economic crisis and the adverse investment climate are factors that may lead the Pakistani State to collapse, the book, written by S K Dutta, former director of the Central Bureau of Investigation, and journalist Rajeev Sharma, says.

It quotes United States Ambassador to India Robert Blackwill as saying: "Pakistan is on the edge of fulfilling the classic definition of a failed state and its survival is in question.

"If the state structure gives away, the nuclear weapon proliferation and export of Islamic terrorism will remain a distinct possibility. There could be a leak of nuclear weapon technology and fissile materials to other Muslim nations or even to non-state actors."

PTI

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