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Zardari’s initiative

Pakistan President Asif Zardari’s initiative (May 7) to have a fresh dialogue with the new government coming to power in India is a welcome gesture. If Pakistan responds to India with a positive mindset and acts sincerely, it will pave the way for better commercial, cultural and sporting relations. With the new world order favouring a collective combat against terrorism, Pakistan’s call may be considered a positive signal.

N.V. Subramania Iyer,

Kollam

Despite several acts of back-stabbing by Pakistan, India has shown a firm belief in peace and negotiations to settle its disagreements with that country. India should make a deliberate effort to impress on Pakistan the need to establish a democratically elected government there and then go ahead with the peace dialogue and economic ties.

Sreedhar. K,

Doddaballapur

President Zardari wants a “commercial relationship” with India and is keenly looking at the “markets of India for industrialists of Pakistan.” He does sound genuine but he has to first withdraw the hordes of jihadi terror peddlers dumped on India, stop the stream of infiltration and close down all jihadi terror manufacturing corporates firmly established in Pakistan. Peace and terror cannot coexist.

Col. C.V. Venugopalan (retd.),

Palakkad

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