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India should adopt flexibility on Kashmir: Pak
Accusing India of being stubborn, Pakistan said it should show flexibility for resolution of the Kashmir issue.
Accusing India of being "stubborn", Pakistan on Friday said it should show flexibility for resolution of the Kashmir issue.
Pakistan was always "sincere" in resolving the Kashmir issue but India had to show flexibility and give up "stubbornness" to achieve this goal, Information Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed told reporters in Islamabad after an hour-long meeting with a three-member delegation of Hurriyat Conference headed by Abdul Gani Bhat in Rawalpindi.
He said Pakistan wanted a solution acceptable to Kashmiris, India and Pakistan.
Bhat, who had come to Pakistan along with Hurriyat Chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq last week, said the Hurriyat leadership was satisfied with Pakistan's stance on Kashmir.
He said flexibility shown by Pakistan for resolving the issue was a positive step and called on India to reciprocate with the same spirit.
Bhat said there were two main objectives of the Hurriyat leadership's visit to Pakistan -- one was humanitarian aspect and the second was the political one. He said that positive and constructive talks were held with the Pakistani leadership.
Bhat said it would be unfortunate for the entire region if no solution to the Kashmir issue was found.
He said realising the critical nature of the Kashmir issue, India should give a positive political and diplomatic response to the proposals of Pakistan.
