PRIME Minister Imran Khan in his speech the other day while responding to Indian propaganda and eagerness to start a war, said it is easy to start a war but no one can predict when and how it will end.

This televised address was made to the nation at a time came when tensions between the two nuclear-armed neighbours are on the rise following the attack in India-held Kashmir’s Palwama town where more than 40 personnel of the Indian security forces were killed in a militant attack.

It is time India realised that the use of force — which it has been doing for decades — was not a pragmatic solution to the Kashmir issue. If force were to serve any good, it would have done so by now. Kashmir has been an unsettled agenda since before partition and can only be resolved through dialogue and diplomacy.

SamadUllah
Karachi

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INDIANS are blaming Pakistan for orchestrating the attack which left more than 40 security personnel dead, while Prime Minister Imran Khan has asked India to provide evidence instead of blaming Pakistan.

There is a lot of war mongering going on the Indian side — from politicians to Bollywood celebrities — who are airing their anger on social media.

I think this is the time we need to sit down and have talks instead of going to war which could lead to destruction.

Muhammad Saleem Abbasi
Khairpur

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IT IS quite incomprehensible how far Narendra Modi, the prime minister of India, can go to win the general elections in India.

I believe the Palwama incident has been staged both by the Indian government and its media to put the whole blame on Pakistan to win the sympathies of Indian voters in the upcoming elections.

This is a very cruel tactic by Mr Modi as he should not serve his and his party’s interests at the cost of their soldiers’ lives.

Abdul Samad Samo
Karachi

Published in Dawn, February 22nd, 2019