London, June 21: Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has said that it was not time for crisis management but conflict resolution for a lasting peace in South Asia and Pakistan would not be found wanting to reach a "just and honourable" solution to the Kashmir issue. "The time for conflict management is over because another conflict is unthinkable. It is time for conflict resolution," he said yesterday while speaking at the 50th annual dinner hosted in his honour by the Pakistan society at the great hall of Lincoln inn in London.

Prince Charles, Prince Karim Aga Khan, Princess Sarwat and principal secretary of the queen also attended the dinner.


Musharraf said Kashmir should be resolved in line with UN resolutions as it had bedevilled peace and progress in the region. He said that Pakistan was ready to take four steps if India took one towards establishing a lasting peace.
"Pakistan will make its full and honest contribution to and will not be found wanting in arriving at a just and honourable settlement of the Kashmir dispute. Kashmir has to be resolved through peaceful dialogue in accordance with the aspirations of the Kashmiri people, which is necessary for peace in South Asia," he was quoted as saying by Pakistan's official app news agency.

Stressing that Pakistan will be a moderate Islamic state, he said there would be no deviation from this path and no bigot, extremist or obscurantist would be able "to derail us from our march towards our destiny."

"There are those who seek to equate terrorism with Islam a dangerous gap thus seems to be appearing between us. Together we must urgently bridge this gap which was a great challenge of the day," he said.
Bureau Report