The generation that saw the horrors of the 1947 partition is fast getting extinct. Only a handful of such people on both sides of the border are alive today. The irony is that those who witnessed the madness and the ones who were directly a part of it expressed regret and remorse.

They wished to erase that painful chapter from their memories. Only those who have witnessed war know the price of peace. In World War II, between 70 and 85 million people died. The rivalry between Germany and France was far more poisonous than the relationship between Pakistan and India.

It taught Europeans a cruel lesson that the price of perpetual hostilities is too high. They made a conscious decision to safeguard their future and their future generations. This led Europe to rise again, and today the region is known as an economic giant. This transformation in Europe would not have been possible had they not learnt from the horrors of the War.

Pakistan and India have........

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