New Delhi, Nov 12: Pakistan Information Minister Sheikh Rashid today claimed that he wanted to visit his ancestral home in Kashmir but at the same time did not want his hosts to be in a "difficult" situation. "I originally belong to Zaindar Mohalla in Habbakadal (uptown of Srinagar city) and we have our ancestral home there. I wanted to go there but at the same time, I do not want to put my hosts in any difficult situation," Rashid told reporters here. He said that he had some faint memory of his home but had no knowledge where his relatives were. However, government had received no formal request from Rashid expressing his wish to visit Kashmir.

Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf had visited his ancestral home at Daryaganj in Delhi during his visit to India.
Bureau Report