Four boys, seated on empty nylon cement bags, battle for the most valuable point of carrom in a by-lane at Razaikadal area of old Srinagar, the summer capital of India-administered Kashmir. The lane leads to the area’s main road where Indian paramilitary troops, deployed in large numbers, patrol the side streets.
On September 27, the day Imran Khan delivered his speech at the UNGA – most of which focused on Kashmir – the Indian side of the disputed territory rattled with deafening sounds of firecrackers and roared with the slogans: “Long Live Pakistan, Kashmir Shall Become Pakistan, We Want Freedom and Our Brother Imran Khan.”
Sheeraz attributes the rise in the fame of Imran Khan among Kashmiris to his “open stance against India.” To support his argument, Hussain said, Field Marshal Ayub Khan gained popularity because of his assertive approach vis-a-vis India taking advantage of the Indian defeat at the hands of the Chinese in 1962. “He launched operation Gibraltar,” he added.
Soon after the Tashkent agreement, former Indian Prime Minister, Lal Bahadur Shastri died while Ayub Khan faced stiff opposition from his charismatic Foreign Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto. His opposition led to his dismissal from Khan's government, but Bhutto was a rising star in Pakistani politics and started a political party, the Pakistan People's Party. The Tashkent Agreement compromised Khan's reputation and played a part in his fall from power.
Once the Soviets intervened in Afghanistan, General Zia ul Haq decided to confront Soviet expansion by supporting the Afghan insurgency taking Pakistan out of the defeat syndrome it had plunged into after the 1971 war. “After Musharraf's exit, India gained an upper-hand by linking the legitimate freedom struggle to terrorism,” he continued.
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