ISLAMABAD: Pakistan President Ghulam Ishaq Khan has allayed fears of an Indo-Pak war.
Neither side was in a position to fight a winning war nor both knew that it would lead to massive destruction he said during a meeting with Roy Hattersley deputy leader of the British Labor Party who called on him.
Khan said the international community should bring pressure on India to stop what he called violation of human rights in the Kashmir valley to show regard for the aspirations of the people.
He told the visiting leader that Britain had a special historical and moral duty to take up the “unfinished agenda of partition as symbolized by the unresolved Kashmir issue”.
An official release here said Hattersley shared the president’s concern over the situation in Kashmir and assured him of his party’s commitment to the principles of freedom and justice.
Hattersley said the Labor Party wanted to see a peaceful settlement of the Kashmir issue in accordance with the U N Security council resolutions the release said.
The premier Nawaz Sharif said Pakistan was making every effort for a continuous dialogue with India to bring about an early resolution of the Kashmir problem.
Pakistan desired good neighborly relations with India and peace in the region he told Mr.Hauersiey.
Article extracted from this publication >> May 24, 1991
