Zardari for 'honourable, peaceful' resolution to Kashmir issue

Pakistan President, Asif Ali Zardari

Violence and militancy were no solution to "political problems", President Asif Ali Zardari said today, as he sought a "honourable, equitable and peaceful resolution" of the Kashmir issue.

Islamabad June 08: Violence and militancy were no solution to "political problems", President Asif Ali Zardari said today, as he sought a "honourable, equitable and peaceful resolution" of the Kashmir issue.
During a meeting here with Washington-based Kashmir Centre executive director Ghulam Nabi Fai, Zardari said Pakistan wants a "honourable, equitable and peaceful resolution" of the Kashmir issue in line with the wishes of the Kashmiris.
He said "violence and militancy was no solution to political problems". No resolution of the Kashmir issue "would be equitable or honourable which was not in accordance with the aspirations of the Kashmiri people", he added.
Zardari said "the merchants of war everywhere promoted violence as a means of settling political disputes but this had to be resisted through recourse to peaceful, indigenous political movements".
The opening of trade across the Line of Control in Kashmir would bring the Kashmiri people close together and "increase the incentives for a peaceful political resolution of the dispute", he told Fai.
Zardari appreciated the efforts of the Kashmir Centre in highlighting the Kashmir issue internationally. PTI