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...Until now, Musharraf explained, neither side would budge. Pakistan has long insisted on a plebiscite among Kashmiris to determine whether the people of the troubled Himalayan region should be part of India or Pakistan. For just as long, India has refused to hold such a referendum. New Delhi is happy to keep Kashmir as it is, carved along the Line of Control, which is defended on either side by large armies. This, according to Musharraf, is equally unpalatable for Pakistan. With both countries not yielding, Musharraf said, the stalemate could drag on "for another 100 years...
...Musharraf suggested. Former Indian Foreign Minister Jaswant Singh said: "Mapmaking has to stop in South Asia. Such attempts would not be acceptable [even] in disguise." Still, it's a start, and Musharraf's formula was the first time a Pakistani leader has abandoned the key demand of a referendum for Kashmiris. If nothing else, his proposal should give momentum to talks later this month in New Delhi between India's and Pakistan's Prime Ministers. Musharraf's "food for thought," as the President described his remarks at the Iftar banquet, may have whetted the appetite for a fresh approach toward...
...Pakistan's bitter, 57-year-old dispute with India over Kashmir. Pakistan has long insisted on a plebiscite among Kashmiris to determine whether the people of the troubled Himalayan region should be part of India or Pakistan. For just as long, India has refused to hold such a referendum...
...more opportunities, this transition year ultimately gives less than a 10 percent increase to the Committee Fund (the body funding HoCos). This number is substantially lower than the 40 percent described in the article, because of last year’s benefit from rollover, and because the term bill referendum mandated that an additional 7 percent of the overall budget (up from 60 percent to 67 percent) go to the Grants Fund...
...exactly done as well as projections had hoped (read: poorly planned Fall-fests, an inane hypnotist, an unprofitable keg service) and much of the student body didn’t feel the council was effective at bringing what and whom they wanted. So, while the student referendum approved the Student Activities Fee hike—by an extremely slim margin—it seemed most students were willing to pay the extra $40 a year just in case the council managed to score some big campus event, even if it continued to fail with other ill-conceived ones...