It seems that spymasters from Pakistan and India have had the solution to the long-standing Kashmir dispute.

"The Spy Chronicles", a book jointly written by the two former spymasters of India and Pakistan, has given solutions to all issues between the two countries with troubled borders.

The book has made revelations regarding leaders, who are seen as 'blue-eyed' to each other's intelligence hawk-eye.

Pakistan's Former Director General (DG) Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) Lt General (retd) Asad Durrani and former Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) chief AS Dulat, have jointly penned down major issues of concerns between Pakistan and India, including Kashmir, Kargil operation, the US Navy SEALs operation in Abbottabad to kill Osama bin Laden, Kulbushan Jadhav's arrest, Hafiz Saeed, Burhan Wani, among other matters.

According to Durrani, both India and Pakistan should stop the conflict and ongoing cross-border tensions. Referring to a solution proposed by Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto, he said both countries should act upon Bhutto's advice of "Take what you can get". He also suggested both countries should switch from "conflict to cooperation".

"There is a no direct solution of the Kashmir dispute. Instead of a divided or jointly administered Kashmir, or any other formula that has been talked of, there should be an indirect and incremental approaches, starting with little steps, like bus and trade. Bhutto's advice was so good. I don't know how these things keep getting missed; do we want all or nothing? Is it just take it or leave it? When we want all or nothing, we are likely to get nothing. But, whoever asked you to take it or leave it was also likely testing your nerve. So, as Bhutto said: 'Take what you can get", says the former Pakistani spymaster.

Let people do the 'right' thing

Durrani said in order to see peace between the two arch-rivals India and Pakistan, both the government's should take a backseat and let the people from both sides make everything simple through small trades and people-to-people contacts.

"We don't have to reinvent it. People before us, wiser people, have found a way by starting at the people's level. Simple movement, a little trade, let them be involved in these matters while Delhi and Islamabad take a backseat. Once the people feel comfortable they might themselves say: 'We don't want to be the main issue between you two countries, which might lead to war, etc. We're all right as we are. No change in status, nothing big. The two countries, you'd be better off following our example. But the approach has to be indirect," says Durrani.

Modi, the blue-eyed PM

According to the readings of former DG ISI, the Indian PM Narendra Modi is a more preferred choice for the ISI because Modi is a hardliner, who can take hard decisions.

Durrani said ISI saw Modi's election as PM suited Pakistan because the hardline approach would ruin India and cater to Pakistan.

"The reaction in Pakistan to Modi's election as the PM was that it served India right. Let Modi take care of India, destroy its image, and possibly destroy its inner balance. I've not been impressed by his antics. What did he mean crash-landing after giving Pakistan an earful in Afghanistan? He comes to Raiwind to attend Nawaz Sharif's granddaughter's wedding, and his drama and tamasha merely created spectacular confusion. People were shell-shocked and just stood there. I prefer someone like Vajpayee, who did not deliver but his approach was right," said Durrani.

"The ISI's preference is because hardliners can take hard decisions. This reminds me of an episode, the end of 1997, before the '98 election that the BJP won. I published an article in The News, Islamabad, 'Who's afraid of the Indian wolf', on how we need not worry about the BJP coming to power because it might turn out to be good for us. If nothing else, the illusion of India being a secular-led country would go. After a few weeks there was an explosion in Coimbatore, where Advani was to address a meeting."

"The Vajpayee government gave us the impression that a Muslim-baiter in power in India would not necessarily be a bad thing," maintained Durrani.

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