Pakistanis seek friendship with India: Fahmida Riaz
9 April 2013 5:09 AM IST
Leading Urdu poet, progressive writer and women’s activist from Pakistan Fahmida Riaz has said that all three major political parties in her country seek friendly ties with India.
The Pakistan Peoples’ Party, the Muttahida Quami Movement and the Pakistan Muslim League (Q)- all want amicable ties, she said in conversation with journalists at the Press Club of India, Delhi.
The Karachi-based writer, known to lean Leftward, and active on issues pertaining to women’s empowerment and human rights, said that if India spurned Pakistan’s friendly overtures, it would have unpleasant consequences for people-to-people contacts between the two neighbours.
Riaz said political parties and people in Pakistan wanted friendly ties because her country was grappling with internal terrorism, growing religious fundamentalism and high unemployment, and did not want to jeopardise relations with India.
The Pakistan Peoples’ Party, the Muttahida Quami Movement and the Pakistan Muslim League (Q)- all want amicable ties, she said in conversation with journalists at the Press Club of India, Delhi.
The Karachi-based writer, known to lean Leftward, and active on issues pertaining to women’s empowerment and human rights, said that if India spurned Pakistan’s friendly overtures, it would have unpleasant consequences for people-to-people contacts between the two neighbours.
Riaz said political parties and people in Pakistan wanted friendly ties because her country was grappling with internal terrorism, growing religious fundamentalism and high unemployment, and did not want to jeopardise relations with India.
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