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Indo-Pak Summit 2001Indo-Pak Summit 2001
 
 
SPOTLIGHT
Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee

PM lowers the heat, says we build on Agra
Softening its tone, the government today acknowledged the summit as the starting point in future Indo-Pak talks. Prime Minister A.B. Vajpayee told Parliament that he and General Musharraf had achieved a ‘‘degree of understanding’’ at Agra. ‘‘We will build on this to further increase the areas of agreement.’’ [ full story ]

 
   PAKISTAN MATTERS
 
    ANALYSIS
Beijing to Kargil to Agra
Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s fatal flaw is that he is not a statesman but a poet, not a diplomatist but a qawwal. Mani Shankar Aiyar scrutinises PM's diplomatic failure at Agra. [ full analysis ]
 
    EDIT
Musharraf unspooled
Here is a man who is so much in love with himself that he doesn’t mind listening to himself for two hours and more. [ full edit ]
 

Kashmir, Kashmir, Kashmir... listen to me, please
Very much aware that he had a captive audience at home and across the border, Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf held forth for over two hours underlining the primacy of Kashmir as the core dispute. [ full story ]

Musharraf on the record
Musharraf has a lot to say about everything, whether it's on derailing the summit or on saluting Vajpayee in Lahore. Quotes from the General's press address in Islamabad.
[ full story ]

    SUMMIT COLOURS  
  What happened to Hussain's painting for Musharraf?
Well, the blessed steeds have failed to adorn the walls of Army House, the General’s fortress in Islamabad. Instead, they have bolted to Hyderabad. [ full story ]
 
 
 
July 25, 2001
  QUOTE OF THE DAY
‘‘It will be a big mistake if anyone thinks that we decided to talk to Pakistan from a point of weakness.’’
— External Affairs Minister Jaswant Singh
  PRELUDE
What is the summit all about? Know the issues and hype sorrounding it:
» Key players
» Prelude to the summit
» The sideshow
» Issues
  HARD FACTS
How did the Indo-Pak conflict begin?
» History of the conflict
» The four wars
» Pacts and agreements
  INFOGRAPHIC
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