ISLAMABAD: Pakistan minister for human rights Shireen Mazari, who is said to have close ties with the country’s powerful military establishment, has said that she has a proposal ready for resolution of the Kashmir dispute .

Mazari, who before her swearing-in was even tipped to be the defence minister, said she would present her proposal to Prime Minister Imran Khan in a week’s time.

She announced this during a TV talk show earlier this week but refused to disclose details. Mazari described the proposal as a “model for conflict resolution”, adding that she had been working on it for quite some time.

“We will circulate it among all the stakeholders, including the prime minister and cabinet ministers. If the draft is approved, we will move forward on it,” she said.

Mazari was the director general of the Institute of Strategic Studies, a think tank on defence and security issues. She had also served as professor in the defence and strategic studies department of Quaid-e-Azam University, Islamabad.

It is because of these credentials that observers are giving importance to her yet-tobe-disclosed proposal. “I believe that there would be a military input in Mazari’s proposal since she knows the importance and delicacy of the army’s role in matters related to India, Afghanistan and US,” analyst Aurangzeb Khan told TOI.

Last week, Imran Khan had expressed his desire to initiate talks with India to resolve all conflicts, including Kashmir.

