With Pakistan’s election campaign nearing an end and politicians there making no significant mention of Kashmir, the region's separatists are saying their struggle will remain unaffected by this changed stance of Pakistan’s political class.
Kashmiri separatists, many of whom have aligned themselves with Pakistan, said they were not worried about Kashmir going off the election map in Pakistan, where campaigning would end on Thursday and votes would be cast on May 11.
The discourse of many past elections in Pakistan had centred on Kashmir to such an extent that Pakistani leaders used to term Kashmir as Pakistan’s "jugular vein".
