Several essential issues were left unresolved, and still remain so, indeed the future of the Kashmiri people and territories. Also, Punjab was divided between India and Pakistan, and the Durand Line border separates the Pashtun people between Afghanistan and Pakistan. At independence, Pakistan’s first leader Muhammad Ali Jinnah said: “You are free; you are free to go to your temples. You are free to go to your mosques or any other places of worship in this State of Pakistan. In our time, over seven decades after independence, Pakistan can do better in many fields.

Source: The Nation August 12, 2021 02:00 UTC