Honest Talk

Usually Pakistani press is very interested in who win at Jammu & Kashmir. Last time they were happy because the PDP which is entirely muslim dominated came to power with the unreliable Congress Party. This coalition always suited the powers in pakistan. The election results were expected to catapult PDP on to power on its own, or so was the pakistani press was believing. But it threw a surprise with PDP not able to get through the halfway or a sizable chunk of seats eventhough it gained. National Conference too did not make the mark, but was able to cobble together a coalition with Congress party under the leadership of NC’s Omar Abdullah.

For most of the pakistani press the results were like a sour grape. Their expectation of a coalition which is sympathetic to islamic seperatist elements did not materialise. Also the performance of Bharatiya Janata Party in Jammu area did not go well with the pakistanis. Hindus voted the Hindu party, even though they cannot make anything matter in deciding who will rule at Srinagar.

The Lahore based publication, The Nation did not carry any news on kashmir.  The Dawn,The News International carried small news items. Normally these newspapers were obsessed with anything in the terrorist infested valley. This looks like a precursor to stepping up violence in the valley! Who knows?

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