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| Mufti hails Singh-Zardari joint statement | | ‘Will pave way for settlement of bilateral issues’ | | early times report
R S Pura, Apr 8: Terming today's meeting between Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh and Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari as a good beginning, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), patron Mufti Mohammad Sayeed hoped that this positive development would help in finding pragmatic solutions to a number of issues that have been affecting relationship between the two neighboring countries.
Addressing public meetings at Langotian and Chak Ahmad Yar villages in border belt of R S Pura, Sayeed said that cordial relations between India and Pakistan were in the interest of the common people of both the countries.
He observed that in the prevailing circumstances it was good opportunity to take some bold initiatives to solve all the contentious issues. "Today's meeting between Prime Minister of India and Pakistan President is not a coincidence but a positive development to further improve relations between two countries", he said and hoped that this meeting would yield substantive results and the process started today would be taken to the logical conclusion.
"Although all problems cannot be solved in one meeting yet it is encouraging that both the countries have now realized that dialogue must be continued to settle all the issues affecting the bilateral relationship", he said and expressed his satisfaction over the joint statement issued by both the leaders after the meeting. "Both India and Pakistan should seize the moment and turn it into a stepping stone to make substantial progress on all the issues including Jammu and Kashmir," he said.
He hoped that the Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh would visit Pakistan very soon because invitation in this regard has been already extended to him by Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari during today's meeting. He further hailed decision of both the leaders to follow up today's decisions in coming days also.
Sayeed said that Pakistan has already taken the decision to grant Most Favoured Nation (MFN) to India and this bold decision could redefine the bilateral relations and regional equations in South Asia.
The former Chief Minister said that such decision would help in strengthening trade relations between two countries. Reiterating stand of his party said that Indo-Pak amity was in the interest of the people of both the countries, Mufti reminded that it was PDP that has pioneered and implemented the peace and reconciliation process in this region. "PDP through its conviction and pro-peace policies had convinced both India and Pakistan to announce cease-fire on the border", he said.
He reminded the people about the historic rally of then Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee at Srinagar on April 18, 2003, in which Vajpayee had extended hands of friendship towards Pakistan at that time. "Today residents of border areas are living in peace and it was result of the policies of PDP", he said.
Pointing towards prevailing situation in Jammu and Kashmir, PDP patron said that people of Jammu and Kashmir have to play a pioneering role to change the corrupt system. "With the help of people PDP wants to change the present corrupt system", he said while seeking support of the common masses to launch a war against corruption in the state.
"Aim of the PDP is not to attain power but to change fate of the residents of Jammu and Kashmir", he said.
Sardar Rangil Singh, Trilok Singh Bajwa, Abdul Gaffar Sofi, Ved Mahajan, Hussain Ali Bafa, Bushan Dogra, Sartaj Singh Ladda, Chatter Saini, Choudhary Chuni Lal, B D Gorkha, Santokh Singh, Tajinder Singh, Shakti Sharma, Komlash Mottan, Choudhary Parveez and others also spoke on the occasion. |
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