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Summary Legal fraternity says meaningful negotiations between India, Pakistan were need of the hour
Rawalpindi, Oct 22(Online): The legal fraternity of India and Pakistan has urged for purposeful dialogue process to resolve all the 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 during a luncheon hosted by the lawyers of Rawalpindi in honour of Indian delegation here on Monday.They said that lawyers’ community of both sides would play their positive role in bringing both the countries closer but serious efforts should also be made by the two governments in this regard.The speakers said that Pakistan and India are nuclear powers but their people have been deprived of the basic amenities like education and healthcare for the last 65 years . War is not the solution of any problem . If both countries get united , no power of the world can harm them.“If the Kashmir issue might be resolved , then Pakistan and India would have no need of keeping army and the hefty amount being spend on defence budget could be utilized for welfare of the people and poverty alleviation ”, Yasin Azad added.The President of Indian Supreme Court Bar Association Pravin H Parekh said that it is desire of people from India and Pakistan that peace should be prevailed in the region .He said that if the elders of two rival homes would conclude their differences, the minors would also get friendship between them.
