No guarantee that there won’t be more wars: Gen

President Pervez Musharraf said Pakistan would not be bullied by India in the dispute over Kashmir and insisted he wanted peace in the regio...

President Pervez Musharraf said Pakistan would not be bullied by India in the dispute over Kashmir and insisted he wanted peace in the region — but not on India’s terms. ‘‘I am not 100 per cent sure,’’ he said. ‘‘Talks should take place, they are moving very slowly, they need to move faster, they can move faster. Whether we move forward on the Kashmir issue, we will see, time will tell.’’

Pak cooperation to
cost more, US told

ISLAMABAD: President Pervez Musharraf intends to seek more US reward for Pakistan’s cooperation in the war on terror. The News quoted Musharraf as saying in an interview on Sunday that many Pakistanis feel short-changed by Washington, even though Islamabad has received over $1 billion waiver and hundreds of millions in aid since the country threw its weight behind the US-led ‘‘war on terrorism’’.
‘‘The US should realise that Pakistan, as a partner in the coalition, which has done so much on anti-terrorism front, needs to be given hefty aid package,’’ he said. (ANI)

Musharraf’s words appeared to throw further cold water on hopes for quick progress in easing tensions in South Asia.

At the same time in an interview, Musharraf appeared not to rule out a recurrence of clashes in 1999 in the Kargil region. Later, Musharraf said he had been quoted out of context ‘‘to project me as a war monger’’. ‘‘They are looking for an excuse to malign us, or to target me personally. The issue is what I said. I said ‘if we don’t resolve this…anything can happen’.’’

‘‘Why are they pinning it on me as through I am going to do something? I am not going to do anything.’’ ‘‘We have fought three wars in the past, so what is the guarantee in the future there won’t be any further action? That is not a aggressive statement, it is a statement of fact.’’