Updated at: 0354 PST, Wednesday, December 17, 2008 ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari said, “Neither do we favour war nor a war could serve any good to India and Pakistan. We are peaceful nation and want India to provide concrete evidence on the Mumbai carnage.” He was talking to leaders of various political parties here at the President House. A delegation of Awami National Party (ANP) headed by party Chief Asfandyar Wali called on the president. They suggested that opposition parties also should be taken into confidence over Pak-India tension and the ensuing international pressure.Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) headed by Dr. Farooq Sattar called on President Asif Ali Zardari and suggested that concrete measures should be taken to eliminate terrorism and extremism overlooking all the vested interests. Meantime, Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman also called on the president and urged the government to tread the path of reconciliation to cope with the issues relating to extremism and terrorism.President Zardari said that the government took up measures in the wider national interests following the Mumbai attacks, adding the government is firmly resolved against any compromise on national integrity and sovereignty.
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