London:  Pakistan's ruling PPP leader Asif Ali Zardari today indirectly held the military rulers in his country responsible for terror attacks on India, including the serial blasts in Mumbai and the attack on Parliament.

"During two tenures of PPP in office, neither of our peoples or armies had to face a Kargil-like situation, nor were there terrorist attacks on Indian targets such as the Bombay blasts or the Indian Parliament attack," Zardari said in a special vision statement read out at a conference organised by Tehelka magazine here.

"It is not easy to keep the peace and simultaneously rein in the militants but the PPP government did so," he said at the conference "India Pakistan - Designing a New Future."

He said during the rule of the PPP government, the Simla Agreement was signed between Prime Ministers Indira Gandhi and Zulfikar Ali Bhutto in 1972.

As a result of that agreement, India and Pakistan have not gone to full war although they were engaged in conflict, the PPP co-chairman said.

On the issue of Kashmir, he said "we must make a viable peace. This is a solvable problem that must not take further lives."

Pending a final settlement, "we agree with the statement of your Prime Minister supporting an autonomous Kashmir running much of its own affairs," Zardari said.

"A Commission can be established between the two countries and the leaders of Kashmir themselves to work out what should be done in foreign and defence affairs," he said.

Source : PTI