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The Atal Bihari Vajpayee Government decided to invite Pakistan military ruler General Parvez Musharraf on the Kashmir dispute. "It is not contradictory, it is, in fact, complementary, please recognize there are four elements, one is none initiation of operations, the activities along the Line Of Control (Loc) restraints continues to be exercised there and thirdly the initiative under the leadership of Mr. Pant continues, and the invitation to Parvez Musharraf to visit India has been extended', said Jaswant Sing (Minister of External Affairs). Experts suggest above all, any move on Kashmir must necessarily include its people. For far too long Kashmir has been treated as a strategy of which border fencing, intelligence gathering and settling internal problem have played major roles. This f