Original sentence: Pakistan insists that the Maharaja was not a popular leader, and was regarded as a tyrant by most Kashmiris Pakistan maintains that the Maharaja used brute force to suppress the population (the Pakistanis conveniently forget that the most popular, National Conference, was also in favour of acceding to India)
Edited sentence: Pakistan insists that the Maharaja was not a popular leader, and was regarded as a tyrant by most Kashmiris Pakistan maintains that the Maharaja used brute force to suppress the population