Kasuri’s book ‘Neither a Hawk Nor a Dove’ to be launched today, in Lahore

Former Foreign Minister, Khurshid Mahmud Kasuri’s book ‘Neither a Hawk Nor a Dove’, will be launched in Lahore today – 8^th Sept, 2015. Mr. Mani Shankar Aiyar, former Petroleum Minister of India, and a close confidant and friend of the late Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi will be the key note speaker.

There will be a panel discussion after the key note speech with Mr. Kasuri, on his book. The book has been published worldwide by Oxford University Press. It will be published in India by Penguin. It may be pointed out that two internationally established publishing houses agreed to publish the same book which is rare.

It may be pointed out, that Mr. Mani Shankar Aiyar, was India’s Petroleum Minister at the time when Mr. Kasuri was Foreign Minister of Pakistan. Both of them supported Iran-Pakistan-India  gas pipeline and both regarded the pipeline of great strategic significance for peace and cooperation in South-Asia. Mr. Aiyar is one of India’s strongest voices in support of minority rights. He is a great supporter of Pakistan-India peace and is one of the few politicians who maintains his sense of balance in his comments even at times of tension between the two countries.  He is one of India’s most respected voices on Pakistan-India relations.

The book contains the first ever insider’s account by someone who took part in the developments at the official level on Kashmir with his Indian, European, and American counterparts and also gives details regarding the backchannel negotiations on Kashmir and the peace process during 2002 to the end of 2007 regarded by keen observers and analysts of International Affairs as the most productive peace process between Pakistan and India since independence. Mr. Kasuri has updated the book to early 2015 including the advent of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in India and has analysed the situation regarding the latest developments in India, Afghanistan and on Pak-US relations based on his experience of dealing with these countries as Foreign Minister.

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