KARACHI, Jan 9: Pakistan and India, in view of their ever- widening and deadly cycle of conflict, should hold dialogue and develop a better understanding of the situation.

This was said by Abdul Ghafoor Noorani, an advocate in the Indian Supreme Court and the Bombay High Court.

He was speaking on a seminar “Pakistan- India relations” organized by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Karachi on Wednesday.

“They should also analyze the causes hostility between them which may spell disaster for the people of both the countries,” he said.

According to him, the Simla Agreement reached between both the countries in 1973 provides basis for bilateral talks to resolve the pending issues.

Responding to a question about the UN resolution on the Kashmir problem, he claimed that with the passage of time it had become obsolete and there was no justification on the part of Pakistan to continue raising the demand for its implementation.

Earlier, while introducing the guest speaker, Managing Director (M.D) OUP, Ameena Saiyid, said he was the author of several books including The Trial of Bhagat Singh and Politics of Justice published recently by OUP.

The occasion was attended by a large number of diplomats, bureaucrats and academics.—PPI