Re: Will Pakistan accept Indian help?
Govts on both sides are well ahead of public opinion, they have already spoken with each other on the phone and India has offered assistance to Pakistan to the tune of Rs1Billion.
Pak wants India’s help: Musharraf
Press Trust of India
Islamabad, October 10: Ruling out"misunderstanding" between Indian and Pakistan armies while dealing with relief operations in quake-hit divided Kashmir, President Pervez Musharraf today said Pakistan was considering Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s offer of assistance but Islamabad has to carefully work out what it needed from new Delhi due to “sensitivities” involved.
Asked whether he would seek help from India in view of the offer by Singh to provide whatever assistance to assist people effected by the quake, Musharraf told CNN “we are looking at it.”
“It is very kind of him, he sympathised and condoled with the losses we had (suffered). He had offered assistance”.
“We need to work out what we would like to have from them. You do understand there is a little bit of sensitivity there. But I expressed my gratitude and we will work out whatever we need from them we will certainly ask”, he said. To a question whether he was concerned over any misunderstanding between the two armies which had fought two wars in the past, Musharraf said “no there is no misunderstanding there. You are right, we fought wars. At this moment, we should not be discussing about wars we fought. But the sensitivity I spoke of arises exactly because of whatever you said”.
URL: http://www.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=56259
India announces one billion aid
(Updated at 1430 PST)
NEW DELHI: India has announced Rs. billion aid for quake victims in Pakistan, an Indian TV channel reported.
India has announced 100 Crore rupees aid for relief of the earthquake victims in Pakistan as other world nations have announced donations for disaster stricken people, the channel said.
Source: The News (Jang)