General Musharraf in January 2004 announced his willingness to set aside UN Security Council resolutions in order to reach an agreement on Kashmir with India. The UNSC resolutions primarily call for a plebiscite to determine the wishes of Kashmiri people. For long, Pakistan’s insistence on UNSC resolutions has been termed as its ‘principled stand’ on Kashmir. The UNSC resolutions also call for the removal of Pakistani troops from Kashmir followed by that of India.

Musharraf’s statements had raised both positive and negative responses within and without. While some see it as a ‘pragmatic approach’, others criticize as a ‘sell out’.

Kashmir and UN Resolution

Ghayoor Ahmed (“Flexibility on Kashmir,â€Â