indiaUpdated: Aug 05, 2020 22:12 ISTPrime Minister Imran Khan’s move to unveil the so-called new ‘political map’ of Pakistan by including the entire erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir as well as Junagadh in Gujarat may be an exercise to appease the domestic political sentiments but the move is fraught with serious implications. But the Islamic Republic had to rework the map that then had also included East Pakistan or the present day Bangladesh. The so-called new political map released by PM Imran Khan sounds a death knell to the self-determination movement among separatists in Kashmir Valley as Islamabad has now co-opted Jammu and Kashmir, leaving no space for either plebiscite or independent Kashmir. Does Imran Khan’s ‘Naya Pakistan’ also want to give up other bilateral pacts too? The larger question on how to deal with India is part of regular interlocution between foreign offices of China and Pakistan.

Source: Hindustan Times August 05, 2020 11:31 UTC