(By MUHAMMAD FAROOQ REHMANI)Under the present global Chess-playing of economically and militarily ambitions world powers, the right of self-determination of all suppressed nations, especially, the people of Kashmir has been forgotten by the UN. The Kashmiris in hundreds of thousands, since 1947, sacrificed their lives, honor and property or faced banishment for it but couldn’t see the dawn of freedom. India rules the roost in Kashmir. It’s not ready for arbitration, or mediation, or facilitation to settle the dispute. India has a vested interest in statuesque, which is the root cause of tension and friction in the region. On the contrary, Pakistan always extended a hand of cooperation to resolve the dispute, while India always paid lip service to peaceful ways of resolving the Kashmir dispute. With the passage of time, the world community forgot the tragedy of Kashmir and its people. It constantly ignores the trauma faced by the people of the world’s extremely concentrated militarized zone.
