RT Monitoring Desk
NEW DELHI: Pakistan cannot get Kashmir by force, Mushahid Hussain, Pakistan Muslim League-Q Secretary General and Chairman of Senate Foreign Relations Committee said here while advocating the need for resolving the matter through dialogue with India. Mushahid Hussain argued that Kashmir was the main impediment in the building of relations between the two “adversary” neighbours besides hampering India’s chances to grow as a major global player. “The bottomlines are clear as far as Kashmir is concerned. We cannot get Kashmir by force,” he told PTI here but added that “India too cannot retain Kashmir by use of force”. “These days the use of military might has failed. It has failed in Iraq, it has failed in Afghanistan and it has failed in Lebanon. It cannot succeed in Kashmir,” said Hussain, who was closely involved in the peace initiatives of 1999 when the Lahore Declaration was signed. Noting that Kashmir issue remains the “main impediment” in ties between India and Pakistan, Hussain said the only way to resolve the issue was through talks. “But one thing is very clear that the status quo in Kashmir is no longer tenable. Not because Pakistan does not want it, but the main stake holder — the people of Kashmir has rejected it,” he added. He insisted that Pakistan has already shown “tremendous flexibility” and even talked about moving beyond the stated positions and asked India to take some “grand initiative” to break the “logjam” through a political push.