In an editorial, Pakistan's influential Urdu-language newspaper Roznama Nawa-i-Waqt called for using force against India to resolve the Kashmir issue, stating that decisions can be arrived at "only through missiles." On the water issue, India has provided the opportunity that we talk openly with this lalaji [village lender] and tell that now decisions will be made through missiles, because the extremist Hindu bania [trader] understands only the language of power. The guarantee of lasting peace in the region can be achieved only this way; and instead of begging for talks with India, we should ourselves determine our own role for establishing peace in the region. The Prime Minister [Yousuf Raza Gilani] is right in his analysis but he should make some headway in the field of action too. After all, he is the successor of late Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto [former Pakistani prime minister] who had announced openly to fight a 1000-year war with India and used to talk to Indian leadership looking straight into their eyes. Why can't Syed Badshah [Yousuf Raza Gilani] do the same?
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