Pakistan peace mission travels to India

by Sanjay Jha | January 22, 2009 at 09:16 pm

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After terrorist attack in Mumbai, relations between two south Asian neighbour hit lowest ebb. The relations between two countries have remained tense and they have even fought wars.

India blames the Mumbai (Bombay) attacks on Pakistan-based groups and wants Islamabad to crack down on them and handed over a dossier to Pakistan that it says contains evidence linking the Mumbai attacks to elements in that country.

Tensions between two countries have been mounting after Mumbai terror attack and for the time a Pakistani peace delegation, after Mumbai attack, comprising of politician, journalists and activists have to New Delhi to heal the Indians.

A Pakistani peace mission on Wednesday left for India to meet government representatives and civil society activists and push for better relations between the two countries in the wake of tensions generated by the Mumbai terror attacks.

The delegation, which includes Human Rights Commission of Pakistan chairperson Asma Jahangir, rights activist I A Rehman and some Senators, crossed over to India from the Wagah land border.
During its stay in India, the peace mission will push efforts to defuse tensions between the two countries and to seek solutions to all issues through dialogue.

Jahangir, who is the coordinator of the peace mission, said the delegation will meet representatives of Indian civil society, politicians, lawyers and journalists to seek diplomatic solutions to all issues.

"We need to condemn wholeheartedly what happened in Mumbai. We are all against any act of violence. But at the same time, we think it is absolutely absurd that you should perpetuate more violence like war to get over violence," she told reporters shortly before crossing over to India.