India lauds Pakistan's statement on demilitarising Siachen

Both countries should save the money and use it for welfare of people of both countries.

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We are pleased with Pakistan’s change in attitude. Now, can you please sign on the dotted line?

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welcome, but who will give guarantee that both parties will not intervene their after,, i think its not possible based ground fact, it may be a political statement for good gestures.

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One positive aspect of global warming – seemingly warming of relations with our neighbour! Lets hope the trend is sustained for the benefit of all SAARC countries.

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Time has come to resolve Siachen issue. Both countries should come forward and solve this core problem.

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and Pakistanis laud your statement. Now please start practical steps, both sides.

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Good news for both countries. Need to implement this idea of demilitarising.

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ALHAMDOLILLAH! Someone has seen sense. Let this be followed by action

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Funny development …. its like one fine day my neighbour invades my house and starts throwing bricks from the roof. I try my level best to enter my house but can’t. Now after being hurt by a brick, I console myself with the logic that me and my neighbour can negotiate and the funny part is that my neighbour aplauds me. Indeed might is right …. Hail to India the undisputed bully of the region.

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India-don’t forget Kargil.

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The only fair solution to the problem is to restore the pre 1984 position as per Simla Accord. Both the armies must go back to their previous positions and declare the Siachen glacier as demilitarized zone open only for mountaineering expeditions from both countries.

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for the first time guns are lowered by both and ears are opened on either side of border to atleast listen what both wants

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@Babar:
Thanx babar. It is nice to know that u have finally acknowledged what the world knows. Now can we move on with life. Lets give back to India what is theirs, this is line going north from NJ9842 and lets keep whats ours. A weak state cannot be a revisionist state. The earlier we understand this the better for us.

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@Roflcopter:
Thats a matter of perception. We feel that Pakistan has been the aggressor in most cases. So lets agree to disagree and keep the soldiers there. And since we have the advantage, why should we hand it back to you. After all its a matter of which country can afford it more and if we feel that we can afford it why should we hand it back to you.

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@Babar:
The mullahs and the military have ruined our country. These guys are out of touch with the reality and are pursuing their hate-filled campaigns for personal reasons, ignoring the interests of the nation. More and more people are asking what we achieved with our 60 year resentment and hatred against India. We attacked them four times — and had to retreat each time with a black eye and lot of illwill from the world at large. Even the so-called Muslim solidarity, which we expected from Islamic countries, was not forthcoming. They treat us like scavengers. How much are we going to beg to keep our country running? Is it not better to vacate the Siachen which benefits nobody. Let us take the first step, if it is killing our soldiers, who are dying from the ice and freezing temperatures than from enemy bullets. Let India keep Siachen which, in any case, is of no use. We have to be realistic Our economy badly needs resources and one way is to learn to compete, even though the neighbour is much bigger, better and more resourceful. Competition brings out the best in human beings, as any management teacher will tell you. We urgently need reforms in our feudal society which has harmed us while even smaller countries, including one time East Pakistan (now Bangladesh), fare better than us. We are all sick and tired of the madrassah mentality that is unable and unwilling to change, and is causing irreparable harm to our country and our people. Recommend

Its strange to see comments Pallam Raju makes the top news in Pakistani media, while no news paper in India seem to bother much. India has for very long expressed its interest to be friends with Pakistan however less interest shown from the later. Its seems the country’s crippled economy and dire state affairs had made the government realize importance of having a friend given the so called friends seem to brand it as a rouge. I sincerely hope that Pakistan becomes prosperous and the people of the country have a good life in the future, in that future whether the Pakistan still desire to be a friend to its neighbor or its just call for relief in adversity.

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Pakistan and India should not waste any more time in setting up a confederation in order to strengthen each other economically. They should do away with all frictions leading to war.Recommend

@Khalid Durrani – spot on…

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