‘India no longer seen as Pak’s main enemy’
2 Aug 2013 4:52 AM IST
India is no longer seen as ‘principal enemy’ by Pakistan, where internal changes are mitigating old anxieties, and there has been a ‘fundamental course correction’ on resolving long pending issues, a former Pakistan minister said here on Wednesday.
‘There has been a change in mood in Pakistan today, where internal changes are shaping policies, mitigating old anxieties and India is no longer the principal enemy,’ Pakistan’s former information and broadcasting minister Sherry Rehman said.
She, however, cautioned that years of ‘accumulated animosities’ being reflected by media may endanger future of both the countries.
‘...It is not while society says what we hear in conversations, reflected and refracted through media....Years of accumulating animosities, and that endanger our future more than anything else,’ Rehman, who was also Pakistan’s ambassador to US, said.
Delivering a ‘Distinguished Speaker Series’ lecture at the Jamia Milia Islamia, she stressed on the need for ‘political will’ to resolve long-pending issues though the military establishments of both countries see each other with suspicion.
‘We bring too many conditions to our table...We must have them, its unrealistic to pretend otherwise...There has to be point where we talk about political will’, she said.
‘There has been a change in mood in Pakistan today, where internal changes are shaping policies, mitigating old anxieties and India is no longer the principal enemy,’ Pakistan’s former information and broadcasting minister Sherry Rehman said.
She, however, cautioned that years of ‘accumulated animosities’ being reflected by media may endanger future of both the countries.
‘...It is not while society says what we hear in conversations, reflected and refracted through media....Years of accumulating animosities, and that endanger our future more than anything else,’ Rehman, who was also Pakistan’s ambassador to US, said.
Delivering a ‘Distinguished Speaker Series’ lecture at the Jamia Milia Islamia, she stressed on the need for ‘political will’ to resolve long-pending issues though the military establishments of both countries see each other with suspicion.
‘We bring too many conditions to our table...We must have them, its unrealistic to pretend otherwise...There has to be point where we talk about political will’, she said.
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