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By B. Muralidhar Reddy
In a statement issued here, a spokesman of the Pakistan Foreign Office said that it would be far more `useful and productive' for the Indian Government to enter into a meaningful dialogue with Pakistan to resolve the Kashmir dispute and all other differences. ``Such a policy would also remove the threat of aggression by India against Pakistan, and enable the Governments of the two countries to devote their energies to the task of socio-economic development of their respective peoples.'' The spokesman claimed that India `knows very well' that Pakistan is neither `sponsoring nor encouraging any cross-LoC movement' in Jammu and Kashmir. He counselled the Indian leadership to give up the `temptation' of blaming Pakistan at every possible opportunity to `hide its own ineptitude'. In a related development the Pakistan President, Pervez Musharraf, has claimed that there was no cross-LoC movement as alleged by India and asked New Delhi to show sincerity in resolving the Kashmir dispute. In an interview to the Time magazine, Gen. Musharraf has said, "I did assure the whole world there is nothing happening on the Line of Control (LoC)''. He was responding to a question on the Indian allegations about cross-border terrorism. Pakistan, he said, was awaiting response from India. ``And when we talk of response, I'm talking of initiation of a dialogue on Kashmir. If they don't want to de-escalate, they can remain on the border. We are quite happy.'' ``Nothing is going to happen if there is no sincerity. We are killing each other every day. So what nonsense is this that there is no issue? And that is where, I would say, the United States comes in. The U.S. involvement really, it must be there,'' the President said, when asked what it would take to make progress on the Kashmir issue.
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