Fearing that the majority Muslim population of Kashmir would join Pakistan, India forcibly occupied Kashmir. “India retains Kashmir only with the barrel of a gun.” This was stated by Dr Ghulam Nabi Fai, Secretary General, Washington-based World Kashmir Awareness Forum, at the ‘Kashmir Roundtable’ held at the International Institute of Islamic Thought and Civilisation of the International Islamic University, Malaysia. More important, Kashmir self-determination would eliminate the chief cause of India’s national security vulnerability. Far from seeking to rectify its atrocious human rights record, India has legalised its state-sponsored terrorism in Kashmir. Yet, India has completely lost Kashmir; it retains it only by the barrel of a gun and that cannot last.

Source: Pakistan Today April 11, 2019 20:15 UTC