Sunday, March 20 2005 14:24 Hrs (IST) - World Time -

Lucknow: Wishing for "a new era" of neighbourly relations, Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf's son Bilal today (Mar 20, 2005) said that the movement of people between India and Pakistan should be further simplified and preconceived notions changed.

"Aane jane mein asaani ho... pre-conceived notion mein change ho" (movement of people from the two countries should be simplified and pre-conceived notions changed), Bilal told reporters on his arrival in Luknow for a day's visit.

He said that the people from both the countries wanted peace and good neighbourly relations and he had found "genuine warmth" in India.

"I think that people from India and Pakistan want that a new era should begin, leaving the past behind... there is a sincerity on both the sides," Bilal said.

The general's son side-stepped a question on the controversy surrounding Pakistani actress Meera's purported on-screen kiss in the Indo-Pak venture 'Nazar'.

"I am not aware of the controversy. The artistes are collaborating. There is a cultural exchange," he said.

"I am not aware of the controversy," he repeated when the question was repeated. "It is not for me to say anything in this regard. It is for the society at large to decide".