Kolkata : India should show a “big heart” and bear responsibility as it aspires to become a superpower in the south Asian region, feels Waleed Iqbal, the grandson of Urdu poet Muhammad Iqbal.
“The relationship is a complicated issue. Allama Iqbal dreamt of Pakistan but he also wanted the relationship between both the countries to be ‘saare jahan se accha’ (best in the world).
“So we should focus on it and take actions with courage with, with freedom and simplify the matter. We should do it for benefit for the poor people who are on both sides, because the real torture is on them,” he told the media here.
A prominent Pakistani politician, Waleed called upon India to show more compassion.
“I feel India is large country and should show a big heart … in the region it is the biggest. When a country aspires to be a superpower (it wants a seat in the UN’s security council), but with the concept of power and superpower there comes a responsibility as well.
“Every nation has the right to be powerful and big but with that there is also a need to exhibit a big heart,” he said.