Describing the situation along its border with India as "very fragile", Pakistan on Friday said it was "regrettable" that the bilateral peace process had stalled after the Mumbai attacks.
Describing the situation along its border with India as "very fragile", Pakistan on Friday said it was "regrettable" that the bilateral peace process had stalled after the Mumbai attacks and appealed to the world community not to allow the Indo-Pak tensions to escalate.
"The situation on our eastern borders has once again become very fragile", prime minister Yousuf Raza Gilani said in an address to a seminar here on 'Democracy in Pakistan'.
He accused India of indulging in a "blame game, media vilification campaign and war mongering" against Islamabad after the Mumbai attacks, which have been blamed on the Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba terror group.
"The world must not let tensions between India and Pakistan to escalate," he said, adding India's decision to put on hold the Composite Dialogue process was "regrettable".
Gilani said "it was and still remains our earnest hope that an improved state of relations between Pakistan and India could provide a precious opportunity for our two countries to work for resolution of the difficult issues between us, in particular the unresolved Kashmir dispute".
He said this "outstanding issue must be resolved keeping in view the aspirations of the Kashmiri people". The world community could help in this process by "encouraging both the parties to stay the course and to demonstrate courage, determination and sincerity".
Gilani also said Pakistan faced regional challenges "mainly on two counts: the conflict in Afghanistan and the unresolved Kashmir dispute". The resolution of these issues is
"imperative for peace and economic prosperity of the region and its people", he added.
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