ISLAMABAD: Nov 14 (INP) The path to better relations with India passes through Kashmir, there is no bypass, Chairman Joint Chief of Staff Committee (JCSC) General Zubair Mehmood Hayat said on Tuesday. “Kashmir is a nuclear flash point and needs lasting resolution for peace in South Asia” General Zubair said while addressing a two-day international conference on regional dynamics and strategic concerns in South Asia organised by the Islamabad Policy Research Institute here. He added, India was perpetrating terrorism in Pakistan through Taliban, Baloch separatists and RAW. By doing so, India was playing with fire and the peace of South Asia, the general said further.   He also shared with the participants that the Indian intelligence agency, RAW, has allocated $500 million to carry out sabotage activities against the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor. He said the conspiracies made by India against CPEC are being defeated. He said India is also fanning terrorism in Balochistan The CJSCS said political and strategic differences have been causing conflict in South Asia, and India was fostering the issue. He added India was doing so by, for instance, making claims such as those of the 'surgical strike'. Moreover, he said, India has become an extremist country from being a secular one, an example of which lied in the atrocities in held-Kashmir and attitude towards Pakistan. India is spilling blood in Occupied Kashmir and it is stopping Pakistan’s water as well as involved in terror acts in Pakistan. India has martyred 94,000 Kashmiris in Occupied Kashmir and has deputed one soldier on every 20 Kashmiris. The general said India has violated the ceasefire for more than 1,200 times, thereby, continuing its years-old war against Pakistan. He said India so far martyred 1,000 Pakistani citizens and 300 soldiers. "These moves of India can result in a major war at any time," General Zubair said. General Zubair Mehmood Hayat says Pakistan is not oblivious to its defense. He made it clear that Pakistan will maintain minimum nuclear deterrence in the context of current regional situation. He said resolution of long standing Kashmir dispute is vital for durable peace in the region. While speaking about Afghanistan, General Zubair said the country is a gateway to Asia, which is why instability there is perilous for the entire region. However, he added, factors such as weak governance and a flawed reconciliation process are some of the causes of instability in Afghanistan. Moreover, he said, havens of terrorists on Afghan soil were also a matter of grave concern. "It is Pakistan that is paying a high price for instability in Afghanistan," he added. Nevertheless, Pakistan wishes for lasting peace in Afghanistan, the CJCSC said. Earlier, while giving the opening speech, Islamabad Policy Research Institute chief Abdul Basit said Pakistan is determined to restore peace in Afghanistan, but both the countries should bolster the process. Basit who served as Pakistan’s high commissioner to Indiasaid peace in the region is not possible unless the Kashmir issue is resolved. He said Pakistan wants to hold talks with India, but that requires the latter country to come to the table. Until then, he added, India is pushing the region towards instability. INP/AH