Pakistan President Gen. Pervez Musharraf arrived in India on Saturday to watch a cricket match and discuss the Kashmir dispute. Wearing a traditional white flowing shirt and trousers, Musharraf waved after landing in Jaipur, capital of northern Rajasthan state, and took off immediately in an Indian military helicopter for the city of Ajmer to visit a shrine of a 12th century Sufi Muslim saint. Later Saturday, he was to fly to New Delhi to be hosted at a dinner by Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. Musharraf is to pack in at least three meetings with Singh, watch a match between the two countries' cricket teams and meet leaders of an umbrella group of political parties from the Indian-controlled portion of Kashmir during his two-day visit. The talks are part of a sweeping peace process. "I am optimistic about the success of my talks," Musharraf told reporters at a military base near Islamabad before leaving for India. Musharraf said before leaving for India that he wanted Kashmiri separatist politicians to be part of India-Pakistan talks. "I strongly feel that Kashmiris should also be part of the peace process. I will make them part of it," he said. Musharraf was expected to spend a half hour at the tomb of Sufi saint Khwaja Muin-ud-Din Chishti, in Ajmer, 380 kilometers (235 miles) west of New Delhi.
