Musharraf calls for progress on Kashmir
"If progress is not made on the resolution of the real problems, the confidence building measures will lose their impact," Musharraf said as he addressed a grand military parade marking the country's national day.
"We want peace and we want to resolve problems through negotiations but we will never accept any pressure," he told the elite gathering at the military show near the parliament.
For all latest news, follow The Daily Star's Google News channel. He said Pakistan and India would have to show sincerity, courage and flexibility for the resolution of issues including Kashmir, which has caused two of the three wars between the nuclear-armed neighbour, and brought them close to a fourth war in 2002.
"We have to find options for Kashmir solution which are acceptable to India, Pakistan and the people of Kashmir," he said.
The South Asian neighbours have been holding talks since January last year aimed at resolving disputes, including the thorny problem of dvidided Kashmir.
Musharraf is due to visit India on April 17 to meet Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and watch a cricket match.
A civilian was killed and three Indian soldiers injured Wednesday in a car-bomb blast triggered by Muslim militants in Indian-administered Kashmir, police said.
A spokesman said rebels detonated the bomb when army vehicles were passing by in the Rawalpora area of the summer capital Srinagar.
"A civilian walking by died on the spot while three Indian soldiers were injured," the spokesman said.
He said a jeep in which the soldiers were travelling was damaged while the car used in the blast was blown to pieces.
It was the first car-bomb attack for months in Srinagar, the urban hub of Kashmiri militants waging a 15-year-old rebellion against Indian rule.
Tens of thousands have died since the unrest began in 1989.
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