Indo-Pak Peace too imp to be left entirely to govts: Speakers

New Delhi, May 19 (PTI) Speakers from India and Pakistan
Tuesday called for greater people-to-people contact and
enhancing the business ties, saying peace was too important an
issue to be left entirely to the governments to handle.
"Peace after all is too important an issue to be left
entirely to governments. The point I am seeking to make is if
the time comes when the business ties between the two
countries become so strong that it acts as a check against
governments initiating hostile actions," Times of India Group
Managing Director Vineet Jain said here.
Jain was speaking at a function "Aman Ki Asha", a
campaign launched by Times of India and Pakistan daily Jung
for building public opinion to build peace between the two
neighbouring countries.
"We believe it is vital to engage civil society in our
movement because we draw our hope from the goodwill among the
ordinary people for each other," he said at a function,
oranised by industry chamber Confederation of Indian Industry.
CII President Hari S Bhartia said there are immense
opportunities for promotion of Indo-Pak economic co-operation.
"There is an urgent need to focus on trade, investment
and business collaboration. I would say let's work together in
identifying business partners and create an environment to
increase our trade which is at the level of USD 2.2 billion to
USD 10 billion by 2015," he said.
Jang group Managing Director Shahrukh Hasan said the
most important stakeholders--the people of the two countries--
and the most powerful force--the will of these people--needs
to be galvanised.
"The focus of this function is on economy...By promoting
peace, people-to-people contact and economic ties between our
corporate sector we can collaborate in creating hope and
prosperity," he said. PTI BSP
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