Finally, General says Kashmir bilateral issue

8216;8216;Well, I didn8217;t go into the details of the words but certainly when it is facilitate or encourage, I think it is one and the same thing,8217;8217; Musharraf told the TV channel. 8216;8216;He Bush can only encourage us or facilitate. I see both of them to mean the same thing,8217;8217; he said.

8216;Time for hardest decisions8217;

New Delhi: Pakistan on Thursday said time had come to take the 8216;8216;hardest decisions8217;8217; to resolve all outstanding issues with India against the backdrop of enhanced people-to-people contact, cultural and sporting ties between India and Pakistan.

8216;8216;People of the two countries, artists and intellectuals have paved the way and time has come when hardest decisions can be taken to resolve all issues that remain,8217;8217; Pakistan8217;s High Commissioner to India Aziz Ahmed Khan said while inaugurating an exhibition Transcending Borders by Pakistani artists here. 8212;PTI