India-Pakistan bonhomie crucial for peace, says NC

Tribune News Service
Srinagar, May 22

The National Conference (NC) on Wednesday said the bonhomie between India and Pakistan was crucial for a long-lasting peace in the subcontinent and hoped the new government in New Delhi will kick off “profitable talks” with Islamabad.

Sheikh Mustafa Kamal, the party’s additional general secretary, in a statement called for peace in the Indo-Pak relations. “I hope that better sense will prevail on the new government at the Centre. The protracted issue of Kashmir has already taken toll on the development prospects of the subcontinent,” he said.

Kamal said the “need of the hour” was a “time-bound and result-orientated dialogue” between India and Pakistan. “The measure would go a long way towards bringing respite to the people of Kashmir. It is the people of our state who come in the line of fire between India and Pakistan. Whenever tensions amplify between India and Pakistan, it is our state that suffers the maximum,” he said.