Kashmir Conflict Quotes

In an ideal world, you could reunite the Pakistan-occupied part of Kashmir with the Indian-occupied part and restore the old borders. You could have both India and Pakistan agreeing to guarantee those borders, demilitarise the area, and to invest in it economically. In a sane world that would happen, but we don't live in a sane world.

Over last 30 odd years, Kashmir has seen many highs and lows when looked at from the perspective of the security scenario, infiltrations and militancy on the ground.

Another problem is the confrontation with India. Pakistan just cannot survive if it continues to do so (continue this confrontation).

Article 370 is not a separatist slogan.

Kashmir is ours, Kashmiris are ours, and Kashmiriyat is also ours.

I have great admiration for Atal Bihari Vajapyee.

Some kind of settlement in Kashmir is crucial for both India and Pakistan. It's also tearing India apart with horrible atrocities in the region which is controlled by Indian armed forces. This is feeding right back into society even in the domain of elementary civil rights.

My dad was in the Indian Army. He died in a terrorist attack in Kashmir in 1994. After that, my mum and I settled in Noida. I went to Delhi Public School in Noida and then to Shri Ram College of Commerce in Delhi University. It was in college that I realised I wanted to be on the stage and in front of the camera.

The alliance in Jammu and Kashmir is one of the most important developments on the contemporary political scene.

Why is the government of India uncomfortable with Jamaat-e-Islami? It is an organisation that has worked tirelessly for Kashmiris.

India has always maintained that there will be no third party in Indo-Pak talks. Hurriyat cannot be a party.

Nobody in the Indian subcontinent has suffered or struggled more than Kashmiris.

In army, I went to Kashmir and did well, which was a challenge. In sports, I went to Olympics at a time when no one believed that we can actually win. Coming into politics was also a challenge as I wanted to push the youth to achieve gold in various fields of life.

I was never sent to Kashmir on any secret mission. I want to make that position clear.

As a historical legacy, the Kashmir conflict has been an outstanding issue for more than half a century.

Kashmir belongs to the Kashmiris. Not to Indians. Not to Pakistanis.

We must learn from history, there is no military solution for the Kashmir issue...we have to understand this reality.

Kashmir is an integral part of India, and nobody can take it away from us.

There are things you break that can't be put back together again. And Kashmir may be one of them.

I can claim with total honesty that no home minister has visited Kashmir as many times as I have.

Some kind of settlement in Kashmir is crucial for both countries [Pakistan and India]. It's also tearing India apart with horrible atrocities in the region which is controlled by Indian armed forces.

When you look at the beginning of the actual war, it's not hard to recognize that the Pakistanis were the ones to attack.

I was born there and I moved away in 1990 when I was seven years old. After that my family moved away from there to Delhi and Mumbai. Now, only a handful of relatives live in Kashmir and we are constantly worried about them. It pains me to see that my birth-place is not a safe place to be in anymore.

I will take back Kashmir, all of it, and I will not leave behind a single inch of it because, like the other provinces, it belongs to Pakistan.

I respect the Indian government for the fact that there are no settlements in Kashmir.