Stage set for candlelight bonhomie at border

South Asia Free Media Association General Secretary Imtiaz Alam on Friday said that India and Pakistan should jointly make a Peace Park at the Attari border on a common stretch of about 8 km.

Talking to mediapersons,Alam,who was in the city to attend an annual programme on candlelight friendly gestures by the activists of Hind-Pak Dosti Manch,at the border on the eve of Independence Days of both the countries,said the blueprint of the park had provisions for eating joints,shopping centres and a stadium where people of both countries could interact.

Alam said a seminar In Pursuit of Shared Destiny would be held in Pakistan as part of Hind-Pak Dosti Mela.

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Responding to a question on a tunnel originating from Pakistan towards Samba Sector,Alam said there was no infiltration from Pakistan. However,he said the matter should be probed. He added that it was unfortunate that Deputy Attorney General Khurshid Khan was sacked for doing service at gurdwaras.

Meanwhile,Hind-Pak Dosti Manch spokesperson Satnam Singh Manak said veteran journalist Kuldip Nayar would not be able to make it to the mela,this time. Nayar has cited his wifes ill health as the reason for not attending, Manak said.

Nayar has been under the scanner for upsetting Sikh sentiments through his remarks in his autobiography. Radical Sikh organisations at a meeting in Amritsar had also warned to oppose Nayars entry into Punjab,in case he failed to address the concerns raised by them regarding his remarks.

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