Abstract
Since Pakistan’s emergence as a nation-state, its dispute with India on Jammu and Kashmir region has substantially influenced the course of its foreign policy. Nonetheless, despite being the part of top foreign policy priorities, Pakistan’s Kashmir policy has undergone several changes time to time. Yet the region remains important and thus the ensuing conflict with India is one of the major irritants in India-Pakistan relations. This study seeks to analyze Pakistan’s policy toward the Kashmir dispute in the post 9/11 era. In particular, its first part analyzes President Musharraf’s approach to save the freedom movement from being labelled as “terrorism” and his measures to resolve the dispute through peaceful means. The latter part explains the changes that the civilian governments have adopted and predicts possible trends for years to come.