THE effectiveness of a policy must be judged by its results. Looked at from this perspective, our Kashmir policy, which is closely related to our India policy, cannot be considered a success. In every way, our position on Kashmir vis-à-vis India is worse than what it was in the early stages of Pakistan’s history. In the 1940s and 1950s, we could get the UN Security Council to pass resolutions on Kashmir to our satisfaction. Gradually, it became more and more difficult to get such results.
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