The legal fraternity of India and Pakistan called for a purposeful dialogue process to resolve all outstanding issues between the two countries.
President of Supreme Court Bar Association Yasin Azad, his Indian counterpart Pravin H Parekh, Presidents of Haryana Bar Association Kalbeer Singh Dhanaywal, Rawalpindi High Court Bar Association Sheikh Ahsan-ud-Din and Rawalpindi Bar Association Sajid Ilyas said this during a luncheon hosted by lawyers of Rawalpindi in honour of the Indian delegation on Monday.
They said that the lawyers’ community on both sides would play a positive role in bringing both countries closer, but serious efforts should also be made by the two governments in this regard.
The speakers said that Pakistan and India were nuclear powers but their people had been deprived of basic amenities like education and healthcare for the last 65 years. War was not a solution to any problem and if both countries united, no power of the world could harm them, they said.
Yasin said, “If the Kashmir issue could be resolved, Pakistan and India would have no need of keeping an army and the hefty amount being spent on the defence budget could be utilized for the welfare of people and for poverty alleviation.”
President of Indian Supreme Court Bar Association Pravin H Parekh said that it was the desire of people from India and Pakistan that peace should prevail in the region.
