A former Pakistan envoy to the United States, Husain Haqqani, has questioned Islamabad’s Kashmir policy and said even resolving the issue would unlikely address the challenge of terrorism, sectarian conflict or the Taliban abandoning its goal of establishing an old Islamic order in Afghanistan.
He was speaking in Washington during a discussion on a report, released by nearly a dozen top American thinktanks, that urges the Trump administration for a tougher line against Pakistan, involving both pragmatic engagement and consequences for uncooperative behaviour.
The report by a group of eminent US-based Pakistan experts, calls for a sharper, clear-eyed US policy approach towards Pakistan. During the discussion, a South Asia expert,Christine Fair said Pakistan is obsessed with trying to illegally occupy other’s territory.