The English media of Pakistan during the week 12-18 August 2002 focused primarily on two election processes. The first, their own, which is scheduled in October and the second to be held in Jammu and Kashmir by India, scheduled during September and October.

     Dawn reported (13 August 2002) the call by Sardar Abdul Qayyum Khan, Chairman of the National Kashmir Committee to evolve a national consensus on Kashmir, and quoted him saying “President Musharraf's stand on the Kashmir issue was unambiguous that the Kashmir dispute was not a regional nor a bilateral issue and that Pakistan like India was a party to the dispute which must be settled with the consent of the people of Kashmir.â€Â