A Whole New Line

Pakistani editors invited to break the Ramadan fast last week with President Pervez Musharraf were treated to palm dates, curried pastries and some unexpected newsa radical new approach to Pakistan's bitter, 57-year-old dispute with India over Kashmir.

Until now, Musharraf explained, neither side would budge. Pakistan has long insisted on a plebiscite among Kashmiris to determine whether the people of the troubled Himalayan region should be part of India or Pakistan. For just as long, India has refused to hold such a referendum. New Delhi is happy to keep Kashmir as it is, carved along the Line...