it seems after musharraf, IK is all set to toe the indian line, be it on kashmir or trade but then that could well mean the 4 point agenda discussed between MMS and mush possibly being put to work.
the best part is, IK has now repeatedly termed the pakistan sponsored terror in J&K as terrorism and no one in pakistani media is raising a voice, and there remains extremely limited coverage of this within pak media, which definitely shows that for now the pak army is not interested in rocking his boat, what is further note worthy is that a big chunk of people who were ministers during mush's dictatorship era are joining his party and it is possible that they could get to be the ministers in his government as and when it is formed, if so, every likely hood of continuation of mush dictatorship era's policies.
if khurshid kasuri gets to be the foreign minister, then there should be no doubt in anyone's mind that the much talked about 4 point agenda with the full backing of pak army will be implemented, the indian side as such has said there is no looking back on the issue, and the further movement on kashmir will be only be picked up from where it was left or there will be CBMs, and india has stuck to the line all throughout since the exit of musharraf.
why do i sense pakistanis are going to really hate and curse IK once he gets to be the PM of that country!
Quoting the above post as a reference.
It seems I wasn't off course. In the recent interview of IK to barkha dutt, the lady pointed out the positive movement on Kashmir, and the 4 point agenda, which she said were the highlights of Musharraf on the issue of Kashmir, and IK acknowledging it said, that was the "good" that Musharraf had done.
He again termed the terror in J&K as terrorism, and sponsored by Pakistan. He is getting quite explicit about it by the day.
To me it shows two things.
One, if and when he forms the government, the movement on Kashmir will be based on what was discussed during Musharraf dictatorship days, picked up from where it was left and will be around the 4 point agenda.
IK feels confident, the unfinished job left by Musharraf can be finished by him based on the high popularity he is riding on (though, that's not the words he uttered, but the tone and the body language did suggest that).
If so, MMS would have lived the dream that he so cherishes.
Two, the indian side will make the army move out of the towns, and the concentration will be on the borders. This will, most likely, happen as a part to CBM, and will be pretty much forced down the necks of the Indian Army, and so very likely the present or the next army chief, will be made to "fall in line". I believe, this will happen once the next government in Pakistan is formed, and then Pakistanis will "sell" this as a "give" by India on Kashmir, and a sort of a victory scored to soothe the Pakistani mind for the "give" that Pakistan will do.
When questioned about his party members sharing public dais with the likes of hafeez saeed, he said, its a part of a dialogue process, just like the americans have opened the Taliban office in Qatar, and are in a dialogue with them.