ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Army chief General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani on Wednesday stressed on the “national consensus” on the Kashmir issue and reaffirmed the commitment of the Army to the Kashmir cause.
| How about a commitment against the suicide bombers attacking Rawalpindi? |
A military statement said General Kayani “highlighted the national consensus that exists on the Kashmir issue” and “reaffirmed the commitment of Pakistan Army to the Kashmir cause in line with the aspirations of Pakistani nation.” He made these remarks during a visit to forward locations near the Line of Control.
| I'm not a Pak military genius but shouldn't the General be visiting the western border instead? I would think the counterinsurgency/anti-Taliban/anti-Al Qaeda operations would be occupying General's Kayani's time. I would think the activities of suicide attackers would be of concern. Not the LOC and India. |
They come a few days after Pakistan People’s Party leader Asif Ali Zardari told Indian television that India and Pakistan could “agree to disagree” on Kashmir, and that Kashmir should not be allowed to hijack the improvement of trade and other relations between the two countries.
Following criticism of his remarks from sections of Kashmiris and Pakistanis, the PPP clarified his remarks and said it stood for the “resolution of the Kashmir dispute and normalisation of relations on the basis of respect and honour.”
The party said it would not give up the U.N. resolutions unilaterally, but reiterated as the PPP’s view Mr. Zardari’s remarks in the interview about not letting “any single issue hold hostage the relations in the South Asian subcontinent”. |