View From The Neighbourhood: Kashmir centrestage | The Indian Express

View From The Neighbourhood: Kashmir centrestage | The Indian Express

Updated: August 5, 2019 4:01:11 am

View From The Neighbourhood: Kashmir centrestage

A cursory reading between the lines of newspaper editorials and opinion articles makes the conundrum for Rawalpindi and Islamabad clear.

US President Donald Trump with Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan at the White House Monday. (File)

Between Donald Trump’s claim that Narendra Modi asked him to “mediate” the Kashmir dispute, and the new NDA government’s seeming determination to abrogate Section 35A and Article 370, as promised in the BJP’s manifesto, Kashmir is front and centre in the discussions in the Pakistani media. A cursory reading between the lines of newspaper editorials and opinion articles makes the conundrum for Rawalpindi and Islamabad clear.