A war between Pakistan and India is no more an option to resolve their disputes as both countries have become nuclear powers, a senior Pakistan leader has said.
"Now that both countries have turned a nuclear power, I do not think war will be an option," Mushaid Hussain Sayed, secretary general of the pro-Musharraf Pakistan Muslim League-Q, said.
"War is no longer an option because of the balance of fear and apprehensions that existed between India and Pakistan since they went nuclear in 1998," he told a conference on 'Pakistan in the Current Regional Context' in Colombo.
Sayed, who is also the chairman of the Pakistan Senate's Foreign Relations Committee, said the relationship between his country and India was improving since New Delhi had shown "sensitivity" to the Kashmir issue.
He said India had started appreciating the difficulties of Pakistani politicians on the issue and there was now an attempt to have an intra-Kashmir dialogue to resolve the problem.
The Pakistani leader noted that it had created a "relaxed atmosphere" in the south Asian region.
Sayed said he expected India to be more reciprocal towards the general mood in Pakistan for an accommodation with New Delhi.
With the problems in Afghanistan taking the centrestage, India is not seen as the enemy number one, he said.
"Terrorism has no borders. Because there is trouble in Afghanistan, there is trouble in Pakistan," the lawmaker said.
On the internal situation in Pakistan after the recent parliamentary elections, Sayed said the military was keen to "extricate itself from politics."
