Pakistani media has warned that terrorists respect no borders and asked its government to refashion its confrontational foreign policy to give peace a chance. The warning comes a day after US President Barack Obama said in Indian Parliamant that safe havens within Pakistan's borders are unacceptable.Leading Pakistan newspapers said the desire for peace has to come from within as made clear by President Obama's remarks in India. The papers also said that Pakistan will have to look hard at the American President's remarks that the US cannot impose solutions to long standing issues like Kashmir.The Express Tribune contended that Islamabad's confrontational policy had been developed because of the subordination of the Foreign Office to the military point of view.In an editorial titled 'Reading Obama right', the daily said the ease the world feels with India is due to India's soft image. But, Pakistan's ideology and the weak state situation does not allow it to Islamabad. Obama's endorsement for India's bid to become a permanent member of the UN Security Council too was covered prominently on the front pages of other dailies. Several newspaper editorials highlighted Obama's remark about India having a vital stake in stable and peaceful Pakistan. The Daily Times said if Pakistan is not stable and prosperous, India cannot rest sanguine.
News On AIR | November 9, 2010 7:50 PM
Pak media asks Govt. to redefine its foreign policy towards India and give peace a chance