Mumbai: India should take up Pakistan s offer to help in curbing terrorism without any prejudice and work towards a terror-free South Asia, said a noted industrialist today.
"This is the first time in 60 years that Pakistan has come out openly and expressed its willingness to work with India in curbing terrorism. India should not miss this opportunity," founder of the Wockhardt Group Fakruddin T Khorakiwala told reporters here today.
India should take proactive steps in association with Pakistan in fighting the menace, said Khorakiwala, who is also the president of the voluntary group Citizen s council for a Better Tomorrow .
"We should not be playing with past sentiments and keep dividing the people of India and Pakistan. We now have a new generation of people who want better Indo-Pak ties," he said.
"We should be forming a United Federation of South Asia as culturally we all are one," said Khorakiwala, who is also the chairman of department store chain Akbarallys.
"The leaders should rise above politics and not allow Balkanisation of India," he said.
Paying tribute to the security personnel who laid down their lives fighting terror, The former Mumbai sheriff said, "We should have a unified security agency which should work without political interference."
The death of the Anti-Terrorism Squad chief Hemant Karkare was a big blow to the investigations being carried out by the state agency, he said.
