LAHORE: Former foreign minister Khurshid Mahmud Kasuri joins a long list of senior state functionaries who have penned down their memories, as his book Neither A Hawk, Nor A Dove on Pakistan’s foreign policy will be launched early in September.

The book contains an insider account on developments on the Kashmir issue and details regarding backchannel negotiations on Kashmir and the peace process from 2002 to 2007.

Kasuri has updated the book to early 2015, including the advent of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in India and has analysed the situation regarding latest developments in India, Afghanistan and on Pakistan-US relations based on his experience of dealing with these countries as a foreign minister.

He has also given an account of his interactions with the leadership of the Bharatiya Janata Party since the peace process started under former Indian prime minister Atal Behari Vajpayee and his three Ind­ian counterparts — Pranab Muk­her­jee, current Indian president, Yashwant Sinha and Natwar Singh. He has given details much beyond the so-called ‘four-point formula’ often referred to in the media.

The book also deals with Kasuri’s relationship with former president retired Gen Pervez Musharraf and contains interesting details regarding the judicial crisis in March 2007. He has also devoted a chapter on the attitude of the Pakistan Army towards the peace process with India and on the Kashmir framework.

Besides, the book also covers Pakistan’s relations with the US, China and Afghanistan as well as with major countries of the Muslim world, particularly, Saudi Arabia, Iran and Turkey.

Published in Dawn, August 27th, 2015

On a mobile phone? Get the Dawn Mobile App: Apple Store | Google Play

Opinion

Editorial

Smog hazard
Updated 05 Nov, 2024

Smog hazard

The catastrophe unfolding in Lahore is a product of authorities’ repeated failure to recognise environmental impact of rapid urbanisation.
Monetary policy
05 Nov, 2024

Monetary policy

IN an aggressive move, the State Bank on Monday reduced its key policy rate by a hefty 250bps to 15pc. This is the...
Cultural power
05 Nov, 2024

Cultural power

AS vital modes of communication, art and culture have the power to overcome social and international barriers....
Disregarding CCI
Updated 04 Nov, 2024

Disregarding CCI

The failure to regularly convene CCI meetings means that the process of democratic decision-making is falling apart.
Defeating TB
04 Nov, 2024

Defeating TB

CONSIDERING the fact that Pakistan has the fifth highest burden of tuberculosis in the world as per the World Health...
Ceasefire charade
Updated 04 Nov, 2024

Ceasefire charade

The US talks of peace, while simultaneously arming and funding their Israeli allies, are doomed to fail, and are little more than a charade.