Former Pakistani premier Benazir Bhutto on Sunday urged Islamabad to respond in a substantive way to the strong initiatives taken by India in Jammu and Kashmir, and suggested a broad-based relationship and creation of safe and open borders between the two countries. Lauding New Delhi's initiatives including the unilateral ceasefire, release of some Kashmiri leaders and Home Minister L K Advani's invitation to the All Party Hurriyat Conference (APHC) for talks, she said, “These are initiatives that give the people of India and Pakistan an opportunity to work towards substantive peace and I hope that the opportunity will be fully utilised by us.” Specifically referring to Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee's Kumarakom new year musings where he talked about not treading the beaten path, Bhutto said in an interview to a programme on a private channel to be telecast on Monday, these are positive developments we in Islamabad ought to be responding in a substantive way. This is a remarkable opportunity for us to try and move in a different direction. While maintaining that Kashmir issue is a major dispute between the two countries, Bhutto, who is on a three-day private visit to the country, said, “We are living in a totally new world. It is a new century, a new millennium. The world is moving in one direction and if India and Pakistan continue to squabble with each other, we can end up being marginalised. We owe too much to the people of South Asia to allow that to happen.” Bureau Report